Famous Cricketers No 100 - Richie Benaud

1959/60 (Continued) Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 176. New South Wales v Western Australia, Sydney, February 5, 6, 8, 9 (New South Wales won by nine wickets) * (8) c K.N.Slater b D.E.Hoare 54 470-9d 29.4 6 74 6 L.M.Sawle b 203 B.K.Shepherd c J.W.Martin K.D.Meuleman c R.N.Harvey N.J.N.Hawke b K.N.Slater c D.A.Ford R.A.Gaunt b did not bat - 31-1 38.7 10 74 6 K.D.Meuleman c D.A.Ford 294 K.N.Slater lbw R.B.Strauss lbw D.E.Hoare lbw B.L.Buggins c A.K.Davidson R.A.Gaunt c N.C.O’Neill SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 1 1 0 54 54 54.00 - 1 - Other match 1 1 0 40 40 40.00 - - - Season 2 2 0 94 54 47.00 - 1 - Career 176 243 24 7795 187 35.59 17 35 169 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Sheffield Shield 68.3 16 148 12 6-74 12.33 2 1 Other match 36.6 5 138 4 3-64 34.50 - - Season (8b) 105.1 21 286 16 6-74 17.87 2 1 Career (8b) 3240.6 656 } 15738 653 7-32 24.10 38 6 (6b) 2312 743 1960/61 – International Cavaliers in South Africa Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 177. International Cavaliers v Rhodesia, Salisbury, September 17, 18, 19 (International Cavaliers won by six wickets) * (7) c D.J.Lewis b G.B.Lawrence 10 155 21.1 6 68 1 D.J.Lewis c G.Pullar 241 1 (6) not out 17 139-4 7.1 6 2 3 J.D.McPhun st L.V.Maddocks 52 D.J.L Cornwall c R.B.Simpson D.C.Napier c R.Illingworth SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other match 1 2 1 27 17* 27.00 - - 1 Career 177 245 25 7822 187 35.55 17 35 170 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other match (6b) 28.2 12 70 4 3-2 17.50 - - Career (8b) 3240.6 656 } 15808 657 7-32 24.08 38 6 (6b) 2340.2 755 1960/61 “The fame of this series is Benaud’s monument to cricket”. So said Bob Simpson, in one of the many tributes to this, surely the greatest of all Test series. Australia won the series 2-1, but more important 48