Montague Alfred Noble (1873 - 1940)

Born 28 Jan 1873 in Sydney, New South Wales.

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Died 22 Jun 1940 at age 67 in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

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Montague Noble was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Montague Alfred (Monty) Noble was an Australian cricketer, journalist and also a dentist.

He was born on 28 January 1873 in Sydney, the eighth and youngest son of English parents Joseph Noble, grocer and later a builder, and his wife Maria (née Collins).

Monty Noble played 42 Cricket Tests for Australia, and he Captained the team for 15 of these between 1903 and 1909. He retired from First Class cricket in 1920 and moved into banking, and then dentistry. He had also written and published several works on cricket and eventually also became a noted commentator and broadcaster of the sport.

He studied dentistry with the foremost teacher of the day Henry Peach at his New South Wales College of Dental Surgery. Becoming a a registered Dentist on the 15 April 1901, and practiced in Macquarie Street, Sydney. In 1902 he was honorary assistant dental surgeon at the Dental Hospital in Sydney. And was president of the Dental Association of New South Wales in 1915 and served on the State's Dental Board in 1916-21.

On the 14th of January 1914 Monty Noble married Elizabeth Ellen Ferguson and they had four children: Joan, Maurice, Nona and Rodney. He passed away in Sydney on 22 June 1940 and is buried in the Anglican section of Randwick General Cemetery in Sydney, New South Wales in Australia.

Monty Noble was one of the 5 Wisden Cricketer of the Year award winners in 1900.

Inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1996.

He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2006.

Inducted into the New South Wales Cricket Hall of Fame in 2011.

Inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2021.

Sources

• New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages: Birth Registration: NOBLE, MONTAGUE A. - 736/1873 - father: JOSEPH - mother: MARIA - registered: SYDNEY

• New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages: Marriage Registration: 297/1914 NOBLE, MONTAGUE A. & FERGUSON, ELIZABETH E. at: SYDNEY.

• New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages: Death Registration: NOBLE, MONTAGUE ALFRED, 6558/1940. father: JOSEPH - mother: MARIA - registered: SYDNEY

• K. J. Cable, Noble, Montague Alfred (Monty) (1873–1940), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/noble-montague-alfred-monty-7854/text13643, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 4 April 2021.

• Monty Noble from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Montague Alfred Noble). first accessed online on the 4th of April, 2021 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Noble

• Monty Noble Australia. from the ESPNCricInfo database. first accessed online on the 4th of April, 2021 at: https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6936.html

• NOBLE, MONTAGUE ALFRED (1873-1940), cricketer, from the DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY. first accessed online on the 4th of April, 2021 at: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogN-O.html#noble1

• Noble, Montague Alfred (Monty) (1873–1940), Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/noble-montague-alfred-monty-7854/text35537, accessed 4 April 2021.

• Monty Noble Cricket from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame website. first accessed online on the 4th of April, 2021 at: https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/monty-noble/

• Montague Alfred (Monty) Noble from the Woollahra Municipal Council website. first accessed online on the 4th of April, 2021 at: https://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/woollahra_plaque_scheme/plaques/montague-alfred-monty-noble

• Monty Noble from the Cricket Web website. first accessed online on the 4th of April, 2021 at: http://www.cricketweb.net/statsspider/player/777797.php

• Monty Noble from MONUMENT AUSTRALIA website. first accessed online on the 4th of April, 2021 at: https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/sport/display/93181-monty-noble-

• Australian Cricket Hall of Fame first accessed online on the 4th of April, 2021 at: https://www.mcg.org.au/the-stadium/mcg-history/cricket/australian-cricket-hall-of-fame

• Wisden Cricketers of the Year. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 4th of April, 2021 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year

• Find a Grave, database and images accessed 04 April 2021, memorial page for Montague Alfred Noble (28 Jan 1873–22 Jun 1940), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #139310983, citing Randwick General Cemetery, South Coogee, Randwick City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Tim Reynolds (contributor 48314828) .

• M. A. Noble (Captain) New South Wales first published as part of The Latest Photos of the Australian Cricket Team. in the Critic (Adelaide, SA : 1897-1924) of Wednesday 3 March 1909, Page 3. first accessed online on the 18th of February, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211425688

• Wikipedia:Monty Noble