Rudolph Selk

Rudolph "Bobby" Selk (6 October 1871 – 31 January 1940) was an Australian cricketer. He played 16 first-class matches for Western Australia between 1898-99 and 1912-13.

Life and career Bobby Selk moved from Benalla in Victoria to Western Australia during the 1895-96 cricket season, and between then and the 1910-11 season took 777 wickets in senior cricket in Perth at an average of 9.31.

Selk took 5 for 19 and 7 for 108 when Western Australia beat South Australia in 1905-06. His best first-class performance was in Western Australia's victory over Victoria in 1909-10, when he took 8 for 28 and 5 for 49. His match figures of 13 for 77 in this match remained a West Australian record for 71 years until Terry Alderman took 14 for 87. He was named in an All-Time Western Australia XI by the Western Australian Cricket Association in 1951.

After a career in the postal service, Selk retired to an orchard property at Pickering Brook on the eastern fringes of Perth. He died there in 1940 aged 68, leaving a widow, two sons and a daughter.