Otto Nothling
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Birth name | Otto Ernest Nothling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 August 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Teutoberg, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 September 1965 | (aged 65)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Chelmer, Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Sydney[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 127) | 14 December 1928 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922-23 to 1924-25 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1927-28 to 1929-30 | Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: cricinfo, 10 October 2019 |
Otto Ernest Nothling (1 August 1900 – 26 September 1965) was a rugby union player who represented Australia, as well as an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1928. He is one of only two Australian rugby and cricket dual internationals, the other being Johnny Taylor. He became a dermatologist.
Early life and education
[edit]Otto Nothling was born of German immigrant parents in Teutoberg, Queensland, an area settled by German immigrants. He won a scholarship to Brisbane Grammar School, and went on to the University of Sydney, where he studied Medicine whilst residing at St Andrew's College.[3] At the time there was no medical school in Queensland.[4]
He was a champion athlete at school and university, excelling at running distances between 100 and 440 yards, as well as shot put and javelin. He set a New South Wales record at his first javelin event.[4]
Rugby union career
[edit]Nothling, a fullback, claimed a total of 19 international rugby caps for Australia, playing against New Zealand, Maoris and South Africa.[4] He retired from rugby when he graduated from university.[5] At the time of his death he was vice-president of the Queensland Rugby Union.[3]
Cricket career
[edit]Nothling was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and hard-hitting middle-order batsman. He played for New South Wales while studying in Sydney, then for Queensland from the 1927–28 season.[3] He took five wickets – all of leading batsmen – when Queensland played the touring MCC in November 1928.[6] A few weeks later he was selected for the Second Test. He opened the bowling but took no wickets, and made 44 in the second innings, adding 101 for the fifth wicket with Jack Ryder.[7]
His best first-class score was 121, scored in 145 minutes, for Queensland against New South Wales shortly after his Test appearance in 1928–29.[8][9] His best bowling figures were 5 for 39 against New South Wales in 1927–28 in the second innings, when Queensland almost won the drawn match after being made to follow on.[10] In a club match for Maryborough against Gayndah in December 1929 he took 10 for 16 in the first innings.[11]
Later life
[edit]After graduating as a doctor, Nothling briefly practised medicine in Dubbo in western New South Wales before returning to Queensland.[4] He moved to Maryborough, Queensland, in 1929, and retired from major sport, although he continued to play cricket locally.[3] He married Mildred Horsburgh in Maryborough in June 1932.[12]
Nothling served in World War II as a medical officer, with the rank of major, in Egypt and Greece from 1940 until 1943, when he was invalided out.[13][5] He later became a dermatologist, practising in Brisbane.[5] At the time of his death he was President of the Queensland Cricket Association.[3]
He died of hypertensive heart disease on 26 September 1965 at Chelmer, Brisbane, aged 65. He was survived by his wife and their son and daughter.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "St Andrew's College Wallabies". Planet Rugby. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Scrum.com player profile of Otto Nothling". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d e The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 393–94.
- ^ a b c d "Otto E. Nothling, Queensland's Test Cricketer, is Adept in Many Sports". Sporting Globe: 3. 24 December 1928.
- ^ a b c Roebuck, Peter. "The day Otto kicked Bradman out of a Test team". www.peterroebuck.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Queensland v MCC 1928-29". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "2nd Test, England tour of Australia at Sydney, Dec 14-20 1928". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "New South Wales v Queensland 1928-29". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield". Cairns Post: 4. 4 January 1929.
- ^ "New South Wales v Queensland 1927-28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Medico Cricketer". Lithgow Mercury: 1. 9 December 1929.
- ^ "Wedding". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser: 6. 4 June 1932.
- ^ "World War Two Service". Department of Veterans' Affairs. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ G. P. Walsh, "Nothling, Otto Ernest (1900–1965)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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