Famous Cricketers No 100 - Richie Benaud

205. Australians v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 2, 3, 4 1961 (Australians won by 255 runs) * (6) c G.A.R.Lock b D.A.D.Sydenham 47 209 79 (6) c G.A.R.Lock b D.A.D.Sydenham 20 225-9d 100 206. Australians v Glamorgan, Swansea, August 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) * (6) c. D.G.L.Evans b P.M.Walker 8 192 27.4 11 71 5 A.H.M.Rees b 149 1 W.D.Slade b D.J.Ward c P.J.P.Burge D.J.Shepherd c R.B.Simpson O.S.Wheatley c A.T.W.Grout (6) not out 80 262-4d - - - - 124-2 207. Australians v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, August 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) * did not bat - 301-3d 10 4 23 0 166 1 did not bat - 180-3d - - - - 237-7 1 208. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Kennington Oval, August 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) * (9) b D.A.Allen 6 494 17 4 35 1 P.B.H.May c W.M.Lawry 256 51 18 113 3 R.Subba Row c and b 370-8 3 K.F.Barrington c N.C.O’Neill J.T.Murray c A.T.W.Grout 209. Australians v Essex, Southend-on-Sea, August 23, 24, 25 (Australians won by 55 runs) * (7) b T.E.Bailey 42 198 1 0 4 0 154-3d did not bat - 150-2d 6.2 1 32 2 T.E.Bailey lbw 139 K.C.Preston c F.M.Misson 210. Australians v Hampshire, Southampton, August 26, 28, 29 (Australians won by five wickets) * (7) c H.M.Barnard b M.B.Heath 1 255 1 1 0 0 194 (7) not out 32 165-5 20 7 41 2 R.E.Marshall b 221 D.A.Livingstone lbw 211. Australians v A.E.R.Gilligan’s XI, Hastings, September 2, 4, 5 (Australians won by three wickets) * (8) c P.B.Wight b G.A.R.Lock 50 364 7 1 27 0 360 1 (8) not out 16 283-7 13 6 21 1 R.Subba Row c A.T.W.Grout 286 3 212. Australians v T.N.Pearce’s XI, Scarborough, September 6, 7, 8 (Australians won by three wickets) (1) c J.M.Parks b F.S.Trueman 1 392 13 1 59 2 J.M.Parks c and b 375-8d 1 T.E.Bailey c N.C.O’Neill (1) c J.M.Parks b E.R.Dexter 41 359-7 - - - - 373-6d 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 6 1 45 36* 9.00 - - 4 Other matches 18 26 6 582 80* 29.10 - 3 14 Tour 22 32 7 627 80* 25.08 - 3 18 Career 212 296 35 9010 187 34.52 18 43 197 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 214.3 76 488 15 6-70 32.53 1 - Other matches 361.2 117 948 46 5-32 20.60 4 - Tour (6b) 575.5 193 1436 61 6-70 23.54 5 - Career (8b) 3752.7 787 } 18634 767 7-32 24.29 45 6 (6b) 2916.1 948 1961/62 This was another domestic summer, but it did not want for excitement, and crowds were at their highest since Bradman had retired and the third highest ever. This was a partly a reflection of the goodwill and interest that had built from the Ashes series and particularly the series against the West Indies the previous year. In fact, some of the West Indies stars – Rohan Kanhai, Wes Hall and 54