Joe Darling

**Joseph Darling** CBE (21 ga Nuwamba 1870 - 2 ga Janairu 1946) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wasanni 34 na gwaji a matsayin ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwanƙwasa tsakanin 1894 da 1905. A matsayinsa na kyaftin, ya jagoranci Ostiraliya a cikin jimlar gwaje-gwaje 21, inda ya lashe bakwai kuma ya rasa hudu. A wasan kurket na gwaji, ya zira kwallaye 1,657 a matsakaici 28.56 a kowane innings, gami da ƙarni uku. Darling ya zagaya Ingila sau hudu tare da ƙungiyar Australiya - a cikin 1896, 1899, 1902 da 1905; yawon shakatawa uku na ƙarshe a matsayin kyaftin. Ya kasance kyaftin din tawagar wasan kurket ta Australiya a Ingila a 1902, wanda aka san shi da yawa a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun kungiyoyi a tarihin wasan kurket na Australiya.&nbsp;

Ya kasance mutum ne mai tsayi, mai ƙanƙanta kuma mai ƙarfi na kwallon, yana wasa mafi yawan wasan kurket dinsa a matsayin mai buga kwallo. Ya kasance mai haƙuri kuma an san shi da tsaronsa mai ƙarfi, amma ya sami damar zira kwallaye da sauri lokacin da ake buƙata. A Sydney a cikin 1897-98, ya zira kwallaye 160 a cikin minti 165, ciki har da iyakoki 30 don taimakawa tawagarsa wajen kayar da Ingila. Shi ne mutum na farko da ya zira kwallaye 500 a cikin jerin gwaje-gwaje kuma na farko da zai zira kwallayen ƙarni uku a cikin jerin. Kyaftin dinsa ya kasance mai horo a cikin yanayi amma abokan aikinsa sun girmama iliminsa na wasan kurket. Ko da yake yana da hali mai karfi, ya kasance mai mannewa don yin wasa mai kyau a filin wasa. Abokan aikinsa sun ba shi laƙabi "Paddy" saboda kamanceceniya da ɗan dambe na Australiya, Frank "Paddy "Slavin.

An katse aikinsa na wasan kurket sau da yawa saboda wajibai a matsayin manomi, na farko yana shuka alkama a Kudancin Australia, sannan daga baya a matsayin mai shuka ulu a Tasmania. Ya kasance memba na ƙungiyoyi da yawa da aka keɓe ga aikin gona a Tasmania, gami da ikon da ke da alhakin Royal Hobart Show . Ya kasance majagaba a cikin ayyukan kamar kawar da zomo da inganta makiyaya. Ya shiga siyasa a 1921, yana tsaye a matsayin mai zaman kansa a Majalisar Dokokin Tasmania, inda ya kasance mai magana mai karfi. Ya ci gaba da zama a majalisar dokokin Tasmania har zuwa mutuwarsa bayan aikin tiyata a 1946.

## Rayuwa ta farko da aiki
An haifi Darling a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba 1870 a Glen Osmond, Kudancin Australia, ɗan na shida na John Darling, ɗan kasuwa na hatsi da matarsa Isabella, née Ferguson . Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Prince Alfred, inda ya yi sha'awar wasan kurket. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 15, ya zira kwallaye 252 a wasan "inter-collegiate", wasan shekara-shekara da abokin hamayyarsa St Peter's College. Abokin aikinsa na gaba, Clem Hill, daga baya zai doke wannan rikodin, ya zira kwallaye 360. Ba da daɗewa ba, an haɗa shi a cikin haɗin Kudancin Australia / Victoria XV wanda ya buga Australian XI a 1886. Ya yi gudu 16 kawai, amma yadda ya sanya su ya ga manyan 'yan wasa sun yaba da shi a matsayin zakara na gaba.

Mahaifinsa, wanda bai yarda da sha'awar Darling ba ga wasanni, ya kore shi daga kungiyoyin kwallon kafa na wasan kurket da na Australiya don yin watanni goma sha biyu a Makarantar Aikin Gona ta Roseworthy. Daga baya, Darling ya yi aiki a banki na ɗan lokaci kafin mahaifinsa ya nada shi manajan gonar alkama. Yin aiki a gona ya kara girman da ƙarfi ga tsarin da ya riga ya kasance mai tsayi da kuma wasan motsa jiki. An zaba shi don ƙungiyar Kudancin Australia yana da shekaru 19, amma mahaifinsa ba zai ba shi lokaci daga gona don yin wasa ba.

Bayan shekaru biyu a cikin daji, Darling ya koma Adelaide da cricket. Ya bude kantin sayar da wasanni a kan Rundle Street, Adelaide kuma nan da nan aka zaba shi don wakiltar Kudancin Australia a wasan kurket na mulkin mallaka. Ya fara wasan farko na wasan kurket a kan New South Wales a Adelaide Oval; ya zira kwallaye biyar da 32 yayin da Kudancin Australia ta lashe wasan da gudu 237. A kakar wasa ta gaba, a kan tawagar Ingila mai yawon shakatawa karkashin jagorancin Andrew Stoddart, Darling ya yi 115, ƙarni na farko na farko.

## Ayyukan gwaji

### Ƙarfafawa

Gwajin Farko na 1894-95 a kan Ingila, a filin wasan Cricket na Sydney, ya ga Darling ya fara gwajinsa na farko. A cikin innings inda Ostiraliya ta yi gudu 586, ciki har da ƙarni ga George Giffen da Syd Gregory, an kori Darling don Duck na zinariya, wanda Tom Richardson ya buga kwallon farko. Ya yi gudu 53 a wasan na biyu na gwajin budurwarsa. Ya taka leda a dukkan gwaje-gwaje biyar a cikin jerin, inda ya zira kwalliya 258 a matsakaici 28.66 a kowane innings. An haɗa shi a cikin ƙungiyar Australiya don yawon shakatawa Ingila a shekara ta 1896, inda ya kai saman ƙididdigar ƙwallon ƙafa don yawon buɗe ido tare da gudu 1555 a matsakaicin 29.90, gami da ƙarni uku. *Wisden Cricketers' Almanack* ya bayyana cewa Darling "ya tabbatar da kansa watakila mafi kyawun 'yan wasan hagu na yanzu" a lokacin yawon shakatawa. Ingila ta lashe jerin gwaje-gwaje biyu zuwa daya.

Andrew Stoddart ya kawo wata kungiya zuwa Ostiraliya don yin takara da Ashes a cikin 1897-98. Ostiraliya ta lashe jerin cikin kwanciyar hankali, gwaje-gwaje huɗu zuwa ɗaya.[1] Darling ya fara kakar wasa mara kyau, ya zira kwallaye da daya a kan masu yawon bude ido na Kudancin Australia a wasan da abokin wasan Clem Hill ya zira kwallan sau biyu.[2] Darling ya ci gaba, duk da haka, ya mamaye jerin tare da bat. Yarinyar gwajinsa, 101 a gwajin farko a filin wasan Cricket na Sydney bayan da aka sanya Australia ta biyo baya, ita ce ta farko da hagu ya yi a gwaje-gwaje.[3] Bai isa ya hana Ingila cin nasara da wickets tara ba.[4]

A gwajin na uku a garinsu na Adelaide, Darling ya zira kwallaye 178 kuma Ostiraliya ta lashe wasan ta hanyar innings da 13 runs. Ya kai ƙarni ta hanyar buga Johnny Briggs a kan ƙofar gabas da kuma cikin wurin shakatawa da ke kusa. Wannan shi ne kawai lokaci a cikin Ashes Tests inda mai kunnawa ya kai 100 tare da bugawa daga ƙasa. A lokacin wannan innings, ya kuma zama dan wasa na farko da ya buga shida a gwajin a Ostiraliya (kafin 1910, an ba da shida ne kawai idan aka buga kwallon daga ƙasa). Daga baya ya kuma buga shida na farko a gwajin a Ingila. Komawa Sydney don gwajin na biyar da na karshe, Darling ya zira kwallaye 160 daga 253 da aka zira kwallayen duka. Ya buga na minti 165, ya buga iyakoki 30 yayin da Ostiraliya ta samu nasarar bin 273 a cikin innings na huɗu. 100 na farko ya zo a cikin minti 91; a lokacin, ƙarni na gwaji mafi sauri ya zira kwallaye. A ƙarshen kakar, Darling ya zama ɗan wasa na farko da ya zira kwallaye 500 a cikin jerin kuma ɗan wasa na ɗaya da ya zira ƙwallo uku a cikin jerin.

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