Famous Cricketers No 100 - Richie Benaud

Centuries in First-Class Cricket (23) 187 1st inns Australians v Natal Pietermaritzburg 1957/58 167* 1st inns Australian XI v Combined XI Launceston 1952/53 160 1st inns Australians v Worcestershire Worcester 1956 158 1st inns New South Wales v Queensland Brisbane 1953/54 144* 1st inns New South Wales v Queensland Sydney 1953/54 140 1st inns New South Wales v Victoria Melbourne 1961/62 135 1st inns Australians v T.N.Pearce’s XI Scarborough 1953 135 1st inns International Cavaliers v CCI President’s XI Bombay 1962/63 132 2nd inns Combined XI v South Africans Perth 1963/64 125 1st inns New South Wales v Queensland Brisbane 1954/55 122 1st inns AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg 1957/58 121 1st inns AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES Kingston 1954/55 120* 2nd inns New South Wales v South Australia Adelaide 1963/64 119 2nd inns New South Wales v South Australia Adelaide 1960/61 118 1st inns New South Wales v South Australia Sydney 1963/64 117* 1st inns Australians v Rhodesia Salisbury 1957/58 117 1st inns New South Wales v South Australia Adelaide 1951/52 113 1st inns Australians v Central Districts New Plymouth 1956/57 112 1st inns New South Wales v Western Australia Sydney 1953/54 103* 1st inns Australian XI v Tasmania Hobart 1955/56 101 1st inns I.W.G Johnson’s XI v R.R.Lindwall’s XI Sydney 1955/56 100* 1st inns New South Wales v Western Australia Perth 1952/53 100 1st inns AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg 1957/58 First innings centuries: 20 Second innings centuries: 3 Average runs made in scores above 100: 128 Half-Centuries in First-Class Cricket (61) 97 1st inns New South Wales v South Australia Sydney 1951/52 97 1st inns Australians v Yorkshire Bradford 1953 97 2nd inns AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Lord’s 1956 93 1st inns New South Wales v South Australia Sydney 1949/50 90 2nd inns AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA Sydney 1963/64 89 2nd inns Commonwealth XI v BCCP XI Lahore 1967/68 80* 2nd inns Australians v Glamorgan Swansea 1961 80 1st inns New South Wales v Queensland Brisbane 1963/64 79 1st inns International Cavaliersv Eastern Province Invitation XI Port Elizabeth 1962.63 78 1st inns New South Wales v Victoria Melbourne 1953/54 78 1st inns A.R.Morris’s XI v A.L.Hassett’s XI Melbourne 1953/54 77 1st inns AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES Adelaide 1960/61 77* 2nd inns Australian XI v Combined XI Launceston 1960/61 76 1st inns New South Wales v Western Australia Sydney 1958/59 76 1st inns New South Wales v South Australia Sydney 1963/64 75* 2nd inns Australians v Canterbury Christchurch 1956/57 73 1st inns New South Wales v Victoria Sydney 1955/56 73 1st inns International XI v Cricket Club of India President’s XI Bombay 1961/62 71 1st inns Commonwealth XI v Central Zone Sargodha 1967/68 70 1st inns Australians v Derbyshire Chesterfield 1953 70 1st inns Australians v Gloucestershire Bristol 1956 69 1st inns New South Wales v Victoria Melbourne 1952/53 69 2nd inns E.W.Swanton’s XI v Indian XI Calcutta 1963/64 68 1st inns New South Wales v Victoria Melbourne 1949/50 68 2nd inns A.R.Morris’s XI v A.L.Hassett’s XI Melbourne 1953/54 68* 2nd inns Combined XI v MCC Hobart 1954/55 68 1st inns AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES Georgetown 1954/55 67 1st inns Australians v Essex Southend-on-Sea 1953 73