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Aug 17, 1878 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Died on 13 Dec 1911 (aged 33)
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About Reggie Duff
- Reginald Alexander "Reggie" Duff (17 August 1878 – 13 December 1911) was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905.
- Duff made his Test debut along with Warwick Armstrong, against England at Melbourne in 1901–02 and scored 104 after being held back until No.
- 10 in the second innings due to a bad pitch.
- This innings is the first instance of a No.
- 10 scoring a hundred on debut and one of only four centuries from that low in the order by anyone.
- He was a specialist batsman by trade and opened in the second innings of the next Test.
- He also went onto score a century in his last Test match and, in fact, set a new record for becoming the first batsman to score century on Test debut as well as to score a century in his farewell Test match.Abul Hasan of Bangladesh became the second man to score a Test century at debut at No.
- 10 in 2012. Duff's career was plagued by alcoholism, and he lost his life at the age of 33 in 1911.
- His former colleagues from his home state of New South Wales paid for his funeral.
