Born 1889 Sydney Died 1959 Sydney -

Played for : New South Wales and Australia

Herbie Collins, a right-handed batsman had a steady Test career from 1920 to 1926. He was a batsman with a great amount of patience and tremendous defensive qualities, which led to him scoring 4 centuries in his 6 year Test career.

Collins was a regular opening bat and on his debut partnered Warren Bardsley in the first Test at Sydney in 1920/1, scoring 70 and 104. He continued his rich vein of form in the third Test at Adelaide where he scored a fine 162, and at the end of the series, Collins had scored 557 runs. The following year he scored his only double hundred (203) at Johannesburg. He captained Australia in the home series of 1924/5, winning the Ashes by 4 rubbers to 1, scoring 114 and 60 in the first Test at Sydney.

Ill health in 1926 didn't prevent him in leading his side to a tour of England, but suffering from Neuritis, he wasn't at his best - the visitors lost the series. This was his last tour in Test cricket and at the age of 51, he married a much younger girl, a marriage that lasted for 11 years. His downfall came through his constant gambling.