Donald Steele

Donald Steele
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Adelaide, 17 ga Augusta, 1892
ƙasa	Asturaliya
Mutuwa	Adelaide, 13 ga Yuli, 1962
Karatu
Makaranta	Kwalejin Yarima Alfred
Sana'a
Sana'a	cricketer (en)

Donald Macdonald Steele (17 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1892 - 13 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 1962) ya kasance dan wasan cricket wanda ya buga wasan cricket na farko a Kudancin Australia daga 1912 zuwa 1921. Daga baya ya zama fitaccen likita a Kudancin Australia.

Iyali da rayuwar farko

Don Steele yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan'uwa shida. 'Yan uwansa David Macdonald Steele da Ken Steele sun kasance likitoci waɗanda suka yi aiki a matsayin jami'an kiwon lafiya a fagen a Yaƙin Duniya na I. Ken ya kuma buga wasan kurket na farko ga Kudancin Australia kafin yaƙin.

Don ya halarci Kwalejin Prince Alfred, Adelaide, inda ya taka leda a gasar XI ta farko na shekaru shida daga 1907 zuwa 1912, inda ya jagoranci tawagar a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata. Daga nan ya yi karatun likitanci a Jami'ar Adelaide, ya cancanci zama likita a ƙarshen 1919.

Ayyukan wasan cricket

Steele ya buga wasan sa na farko a Kudancin Australia a watan Janairun 1912 yayin da yake makaranta. Ya zama dan wasa na yau da kullun a cikin tawagar jihar a 1912-13 kuma ya kasance mai aiki a gefe har zuwa ƙarshen kakar 1920-21, karatu da ayyukan sana'a sun ba da izini.

A wasansa na farko a kakar 1912-13 ya zira kwallaye 113 ba a cikin minti 175 a kan New South Wales a cikin nasara a Kudancin Australia. Ya zira kwallaye na biyu a shekara ta 1914-15 lokacin da ya zira kwallayen 100 a cikin minti 135, kuma a kan New South Wales.

Ya jagoranci Kudancin Australia a wasanni uku na karshe na kakar Sheffield Shield ta 1920-21, inda ya zira kwallaye 107 a wasan farko, a kan Victoria. Ya gama kakar a saman matsakaicin batting na Kudancin Australia, tare da gudu 280 a 56.00.

An zaba shi ya zama kyaftin din tawagar Australiya don yawon shakatawa a New Zealand a ƙarshen kakar. Koyaya, bai iya zuwa yawon shakatawa ba, bayan ya shirya yin aiki a matsayin locum a Port Lincoln. Ayyukansa na sana'a sun hana shi yin wasa da kowane wasan kurket na farko.

Rayuwa ta baya

Ya yi aiki a matsayin likita a Port Lincoln na wasu shekaru kafin ya koma aiki a Adelaide, inda shi da matarsa suka zauna a Glenelg.

Yayinda yake kallon Wasan gwaji a Adelaide Oval a 1925 an kira shi don kula da dan wasan Ingila mai suna Tich Freeman, wanda ya karya wuyansa yayin ƙoƙarin kamawa. Steele ya sanya wuyan hannu a cikin raguwa sannan ya kai Freeman asibiti.[1]

Ɗansa Ian shi ma likita ne.