Career
He played for New South Wales and the Australian cricket team as wicket-keeper. He served with the first Australian Imperial Force as a Corporal in the 15th Field Ambulance. He was wounded in 1917 when shot in the legal
At the conclusion of the war he was selected to be part of the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team which played 28 first class matches in Britain, South Africa and Australia.
Oldfield made his first-class cricket debut in England in 1919, and played his first Test match against England in his hometown of Sydney in the 1920-1921 season. He was dropped for several matches over the next few years, but established himself as Australia"s automatic selection for wicket-keeper in the 1924-1925 Ashes series against England.
Oldfield played Test cricket for four more years, ending his career in 1937. Oldfield played 54 Tests for Australia, scoring 1,427 runs at an average of 22.65, and taking 78 catches and 52 stumpings.
His tally of 52 stumpings remains a Test career world record.
In first-class cricket he played 245 matches, scoring 6,135 runs at an average of 23.77, and taking 399 catches and 263 stumpings. An oval in the Sydney suburb of Killara is named in Oldfield"s honour.