People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

20 December, 1905
White Cliffs, New South Wales, Australia

Death

6 October, 1992 (aged 86)
Caringbah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

kidney disease

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Catholic

Education

• Goulburn High School (NSW)
• St Patrick's College (Goulburn, NSW)
• Sydney Teachers' College

Occupation or Descriptor

• autobiographer/memoirist
• company secretary
• cricketer
• schoolteacher
• sports writer

Military Service

• Sydney University Regiment

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Sport Australia Hall of Fame
• Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

Legacies

• Bill O’Reilly Stand (Sydney Cricket Ground)
• O'Reilly medal (Sydney Morning Herald)

Key Organisations

• Botany Harriers (Sydney)
• North Sydney Cricket Club
• New South Wales Cricket Team
• Australian national cricket team
• St George District Cricket Club (Sydney)
• New South Wales Cricket Association

Workplaces

• Erskineville Public School (Sydney)
• Marist Brothers Boys' School (Kogarah, Sydney)
• Sydney Grammar School
• Lion Tile Co Pty Ltd