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| name = Bob Cristofani
| image = Bob Cristofani 1945-06-02.jpg
| caption = Cristofani in 1945
| country = England
| fullname = Desmond Robert Cristofani
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|11|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|8|21|1920|11|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = Fleet, Hampshire, England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Leg-break / right-arm medium
| role =
| columns = 1
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 18
| runs1 = 749
| bat avg1 = 26.75
| 100s/50s1 = 1/4
| top score1 = 110*
| deliveries1 = 2,951
| wickets1 = 48
| bowl avg1 = 32.93
| fivefor1 = 2
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/49
| catches/stumpings1 = 12/0
| date = 19 April
| year = 2009
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/5/5802/5802.html CricketArchive
}}

Desmond Robert "Bob" Cristofani (14 November 1920 – 21 October 2002) was an Australian cricketer who played 18 first-class matches in the 1940s. 14 of those games were for the Australian Services, three for New South Wales and one for the Dominions.

His best performances were both for the Australian Services side in the 1945 Victory Tests against England. In July at Lord's, in the first first-class match since the break forced by the Second World War, he took 5/49.[1]

With the bat, his solitary hundred came a month later at Old Trafford, when he scored an unbeaten 110 from number eight. He also took 5/55 in the first innings of this match, but England won by six wickets.[2]

Cristofani's century was mentioned in E. W. Swanton's article "Cricket under the Japs" in the 1946 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. At the end of his piece, Swanton wrote of his experience shortly after the end of the war and his release from his prisoner of war camp:

I had, by then, already taken my first walk for three and a half years as a free man. We found ourselves in a Thai village on the edge of the jungle. In the little café our hosts politely turned on the English programme. Yes, we were at Old Trafford, and a gentleman called Cristofani was getting a hundred....[3]

In 1950 Cristofani was employed as a professional by Accrington Cricket Club of the Lancashire League, and turned in some fine performances, for example his return of 6/23 from 8.7 eight-ball overs as Accrington crushed near neighbours Enfield.[4]

Death

There is a discrepancy in the major sources regarding Cristofani's date and place of death. CricketArchive, as used in the infobox in this article, shows his death as occurring in Fleet on 21 August 2002. This is backed up by UK government death records showing that a Desmond Robert Cristofani, with the correct date of birth, died in Northeast Hampshire (which contains Fleet) on that date. However, his obituary in the 2003 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack gives his death as occurring one day later, and in Canberra, Australia. Cricinfo follows Wisden in this.

See also

  • List of New South Wales representative cricketers

References

1. ^{{cite web |subscription=yes |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17488.html |title=England v Australian Services in 1945 |accessdate=3 April 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}
2. ^{{cite web |subscription=yes |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17498.html |title=England v Australian Services in 1945 |accessdate=3 April 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}
3. ^E. W. Swanton. "Cricket under the Japs". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1946.
4. ^{{cite web |subscription=yes |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/153/153948.html |title=Accrington v Enfield in 1950 |accessdate=3 April 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}

External links

  • {{Commonscat-inline|Bob Cristofani}}
  • {{cricketarchive|ref=Players/5/5802/5802.html}}
  • {{cricinfo|ref=australia/content/player/4660.html}}
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