Ernest de Little

Ernest Robert de Little (19 ga Yuni 1868 – 1 ga Oktoba 1926) ɗan wasan kurket ne kuma mai kiwo ajin farko na Australiya.

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An haifi de Little a Melbourne a watan Yunin 1868. Mahaifinsa Henry de Little ne, wani majagaba a Gundumar Yammacin Victoria. Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Geelong Grammar, daga nan ya tafi ya yi tafiya na tsawon shekaru biyu bayan kammala karatunsa. Bayan shekaru biyu na tafiya ya isa Ingila, inda ya sami gurbi a Kwalejin Jesus a Jami'ar Cambridge. Yayin da yake karatu a Cambridge, de Little ya buga wasan kurket na aji na farko a Kwalejin Kurket ta Jami'ar Cambridge sau tara a tsakanin 1888 da 1889. Yana wasa a matsayin mai buga ƙwallo mai sauri a hannun dama a ɓangaren Cambridge, ya ɗauki wickets 27 a matsakaicin 20.29. Ya ɗauki wickets biyar sau biyu a cikin innings kuma ya taɓa ɗaukar wickets goma a wasa, tare da mafi kyawun innings na 7 don 27. Shi ne ɗalibi na farko na makarantar gwamnati ta Victoria da ya sami Cambridge Blue a wasan kurket. A shekarar 1890, ya yi rangadin Birtaniya Indiya tare da tawagar George Vernon, duk da cewa rangadin bai ƙunshi wasanni na farko ba;  duk da haka, rangadin ya kasance na farko tare da shi ne ziyarar farko da wata ƙungiyar Ingila ta kai Indiya.

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Cambridge, de Little ya koma Ostiraliya don fara harkar kiwo a tsohon gidan mahaifinsa da ke Caramut, Victoria.[1] Gidan yana ƙarƙashin ikon amintattu tun daga 1871, lokacin da mahaifinsa ya mutu, har zuwa 1890, lokacin da aka raba shi tsakanin Ernest da babban ɗan'uwansa Henry. Kason de Little ya ƙunshi eka 8,000. Daga baya ya sayar da wani ɓangare na kasonsa ga ɗan'uwansa kuma ya sayi Barwidgee Estate mai eka 9,600, wanda ya ga ya fi dacewa a yi aiki da shi. Ya sayi wani fili a Port Fairy, tare da shi yana amfani da gidaje biyu don samar da ulu mai inganci. [1] de Little kuma yana da kyakkyawan suna a matsayin ɗan wasan polo da mai kiwon doki, wanda ya haifi dawakai masu nasara da yawa na tsere. [1] Ya mutu a Caramut a watan Oktoba na 1926 kuma matarsa, Ethel, da ɗansu sun tsira daga gare shi. [1]

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