Morris Sievers
Morris William Sievers (13 April 1912 – 10 May 1968) was an Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1936–37. First-class career Sievers began his career in 1930 for the Colts, at 17 years of age. Sievers was a useful right-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played for Victoria in the seasons leading up to the Second World War. He made a lot of useful 50s for the state team, but his bowling was inclined to be expensive. Sievers toured South Africa in 1935–36 with the Australian cricket team under Vic Richardson but, with the Australian bowling dominated by the spin of Clarrie Grimmett and Bill O'Reilly, he was not called on for any of the Tests and took only seven first-class wickets on the tour. Test career Sievers' Test match experience came in the first three matches of the MCC tour under Gubby Allen in 1936–37. Curiously fragile batting by the Australians gave England commanding victories in both the first two matches, at Brisbane and at Sydney, and Sievers distinguished himself with neither ball nor bat. The third Test at Melbourne, however, saw a complete reversal of fortune, largely through the intervention of