| Tony Fernandes | |
| Country: | India |
| Fullname: | Anthony Longinus Fernandes |
| Birth Date: | 8 April 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Baroda, Baroda State, British India |
| Death Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | Baroda |
| Year1: | 1962–63 to 1973–74 |
| Club2: | West Zone |
| Year2: | 1966–67 to 1969–70 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 48 |
| Runs1: | 1526 |
| Bat Avg1: | 24.22 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/10 |
| Top Score1: | 65 |
| Deliveries1: | 6043 |
| Wickets1: | 100 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.78 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/41 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 19/– |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/anthony-fernandes-28733 Cricinfo |
| Date: | 14 January |
| Year: | 2024 |
Anthony Longinus Fernandes (8 April 1945 – 19 December 2015) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Baroda and West Zone from 1962 to 1973.
Fernandes was a tall all-rounder: a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium-fast swing bowler who usually opened the bowling.[1] His best bowling figures were 6 for 41 for Baroda against Maharashtra in the 1968–69 Ranji Trophy.[2] The highest of his 10 first-class fifties was 65 not out, also against Maharashtra, in 1971–72, when he also took 5 for 65 in Maharashtra's first innings.[3]
Fernandes was a member of the West Zone teams that won the Duleep Trophy in 1968–69 and 1969–70.[4] He and his brother Leslie, a wicketkeeper, combined to dismiss Sunil Gavaskar caught behind in a Ranji Trophy match in 1972–73.[5]
After his first-class playing career ended, Fernandes spent some time coaching in Tasmania.[6] He died in Mumbai in 2015.[1]