Verney Cameron
Verney Lovett Cameron (1842 – 27 May 1881) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class cricket matches for Victoria in 1863.<ref name="Cricinfo">"Verney Cameron". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2015.</ He was the only aboriginal who was invited to attend the private funeral of cricketer and Australian rules football pioneer Tom Wills, and attempted, without success, to raise funds to erect a headstone over his gravesite. Tom Wills had led an Aboriginal cricket team on an Australian tour as its captain-coach gathering aboriginal players from Edenhope and Harrow, where they worked as station hands.[164] One of their employers, William Hayman, acted as the team's manager and "protector".[165] Mostly Jardwadjali men, they shared a common vocabulary with the neighboring Djab Wurrung people, which enabled Wills to coach them in the Aboriginal language he learned as a child. [1
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | birth name unknown. No registration of birth. |
| Born | 1842 Sorrento, Point Nepean, Victoria, Australia - Bun Wurrung, Kulin Nation. He was Fostered by Mary Anne Hill and Henry Gervais Cameron sometime after 1852. He is frequently confused with an English explorer born in 1844 England. There is no relation between them. |
| Died | 27 May 1881 aged 39 years of age. Kew, Victoria, Australia (Boroondara) |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1863/4 | Victoria |
Source: Cricinfo, 3 May 2015 | |