Researching Sydney Callaway
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 818 people with the Callaway surname? In that year Callaway was ranked number 2765 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Sydney Callaway on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sydney Callaway and the Callaway Family Tree
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Study Parish Records for Sydney Callaway at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1174 people with the Callaway surname in the UK? Callaway is now ranked number 2953 for popularity in the UK. |
Callaway Genealogy Databases
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Callaway Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Callaway surname in the USA? Callaway is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Callaway Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Sydney Callaway. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Sydney Callaway
Sydney Thomas Callaway (6 February 1868 in Redfern, Sydney – 25 November 1923 in Christchurch) was an Australian cricketer who played in three Tests, all of them against England in Australia.
In 1891/92 he played in Sydney and Melbourne, and in 1894/95 he played in Adelaide where he took 5/37 in the first innings. In the Sydney Test, he was the second victim in a hat-trick by Johnny Briggs. He played in 62 first-class matches, taking 320 wickets at an average of just over 17 runs per wicket.
After he moved to New Zealand to play for Canterbury he also played several matches for New Zealand, including two against Australia, in the era before New Zealand played Test cricket. In the 1903–04 season in New Zealand he took 54 first-class wickets in five matches at an average of 8.77, with a best analysis of 8 for 33 and 7 for 27, bowling unchanged throughout, in the match against Hawke's Bay, as well as 5 for 94 and 6 for 4 against Wellington, when Wellington were dismissed for 22 in the second innings.
At the time of his death, which came after a long illness, he was employed as a clerk for the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company. He left a widow, Mary, and a son.
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