Name:

Gregory, Edward J

Nickname:

Lion-Hearted Ned

Date of Birth:

29 May 1839

Gender:

Men

Place of Birth:

Waverley

Date Died:

22 Apr 1889

Career:

Test: 1877 - 1877
First Class: 1862 - 1878

Teams:

NSW (Regional)
Australia (Country)

Golden years: Hill & Gregory to Hobbs & Sutcliffe

Ned Gregory: Played in First Ever Test

Edward James (Ned) Gregory was born on 29 May 1839 at Sydney. He was the brother of Australia's first Test skipper, Dave Gregory.

He played with the National, East Sydney and Bathurst Cricket Clubs. He represented New South Wales against English teams led by H. H. Stephenson in 1862, G. Parr in 1864, W. G. Grace in 1874 and J. Lillywhite in 1876.

Gregory played in the first England-Australia Test match at the MCG in 1877. He was the first player to make  duck in Test cricket.

An aggressive batsman he was known as 'Lion-hearted Ned'.

In 1878 he retired from big cricket and became curator of the Sydney Cricket Ground which was laid out under his supervision.

Ned Gregory's son was the famous Australian captain Syd Gregory.

Gregory died in Randwick, Sydney on 22 April 1899.

Source: CricketCrowd Staff Reporter