testdebutagainst deliveries columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country fivefor batting name lasttestyear fullname birth_place column international role testdebutdate lasttestagainst date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
england balls 378 2168 2 0/0 13/0 1948 29 march 1921 right-arm fast-medium -- -- australia -- -- right-hand batsman sam loxton 1948 samuel john everett loxton albert park , victoria , australia tests first-class true all-rounder 8 july england yes 1921 03 29 144 973 1948 3 32 14 august -- / 1 3/5 3 22 sam in 1948
 loxton with the australian cricket team in england
sam loxton with the australian cricket team in england article_title_10:in article_title_11:1948

sam loxton was a member of donald bradman 's famous australian cricket team , which toured england in 1948 .
bradman 's men went undefeated in their 34 matches ; this unprecedented feat by a test side touring england earned them the sobriquet `` the invincibles '' .
a batting all rounder , loxton played as a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler who reinforced the frontline pace attack of ray lindwall , keith miller and bill johnston .
starting the tour as a fringe player , loxton was omitted for the pre-test fixtures against worcestershire and the marylebone cricket club , where australia traditionally fielded their full-strength team .
he was overlooked for the first two tests ; reserve opening batsman bill brown played out of position in the middle-order .
however , brown struggled in the unfamiliar role , and loxton scored 159 not out against gloucestershire to oust the former from his position for the third test at old trafford .
loxton scored 36 to help australia avoid the follow on and salvage a draw , before making his most notable contribution in the fourth test at headingley .
he took 3/55 in the first innings and scored a counter-attacking 93 on the third day to keep australia in the game ; they went on to win after a world record-breaking run-chase on the final day .
loxton also played in the fifth test and ended the series with 144 runs at a batting average of 48.00 and three wickets at a bowling average of 49.33 .
in the tour matches , loxton sometimes opened the bowling when bradman sought to rest lindwall and miller to save their energy for the tests , and he occasionally batted above the middle-order .
loxton was the most economical , but the least incisive of the bowlers , and he never took more than three wickets in an innings .
he played 22 first-class matches and scored 973 runs at 57.23 with three centuries , and took 32 wickets at 21.71 .
he was eighth in the run-scoring aggregates , but was productive when given an opportunity , ranking fifth in the australian averages .
loxton was the eighth-leading wicket-taker ; all seven frontline bowlers ahead of him took at least 50 wickets .
noted for his energetic and combative approach , loxton was twice forced out of action for his troubles ; he pulled a groin while searching for extra pace with the ball early in the tour , and towards the end of the season , he hit a ball into his face and broke his nose .
