Born – 22 June 1855
Died - 20.September 1931
Played 1885/6 (1st Carlton CC Premiership)
Carlton Cap No. 98
Victorian Cap No. 152
Australian Cap No. 35
On June 22, 1855 Sam Morris was born in Hobart, or Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land as it was then, to West Indian parents who had travelled from Barbados to Tasmania at the time of the gold-rush, and in the hope of a better life. (Van Diemen’s Land was granted self-government and became Tasmania in 1856).
Morris became the first coloured Test cricketer, and the first coloured man to play cricket for Australia following his selection as an opening batsman for the 1884/5 2nd Test match against England at the MCG from January 1-5, 1885
