Samuel McMichael
Samuel Albert McMichael was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria in the Sheffield Shield. He also played Australian rules football with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.Cricket
McMichael played his cricket as a specialist batsman but managed just six half centuries during his time at Victoria. His highest score of 97 was made in a match against South Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.Football
In addition to his cricket career, and in addition to playing for both Fitzroy in the VFA, and for a Victorian team against South Australia, he played ten games for Fitzroy during the 1897 inaugural VFL season, including Fitzroy's first ever game in the league.He also wrote for some years for the Sydney sports weekly, The Referee, under the nom de guerre, "The Onlooker".Footnotes
