Famous Cricketers No 100 - Richie Benaud

Grade Statistics (Batting and Fielding) M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1946/47 10 16 3 347 98 26.69 - 2 4 1947/48 13 13 3 301 65* 30.10 - 1 10 1948/49 7 7 1 250 86 41.66 - 3 0 1949/50 10 10 1 460 160* 51.11 1 3 2 1950/51 7 6 - 115 66 19.16 - 1 2 1951/52 10 10 1 423 109 47.00 1 3 3 1952/53 5 5 1 196 125 49.00 1 - 5 1953/54 4 7 - 194 95 27.71 - 1 6 1954/55 5 6 1 381 146 76.20 2 1 3 1955/56 7 10 2 484 151 60.50 3 - 4 1956/57 1 1 - 93 93 93.00 - 1 - 1958/59 10 14 1 392 90 30.15 - 3 4 1959/60 4 4 - 105 72 26.25 - 1 4 1961/62 4 5 1 218 110 54.50 1 1 3 1962/63 5 7 1 236 126 39.33 1 - 2 1963/64 8 10 1 317 64 35.22 - 3 2 1964/65 6 8 1 385 139 55.00 1 3 4 1965/66 5 7 1 450 116 75.00 1 3 5 1966/67 4 5 2 134 40 44.66 - - 4 1967/68 7 8 - 199 41 24.87 - - 6 1969/70 2 2 - 29 24 14.50 - - 2 Total 134 161 21 5709 160* 40.77 12 30 75 Grade Statistics (Bowling) O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm 1946/47 26 0 198 1 1/28 198.00 - - 1947/48 ? ? 352 9 4/13 39.11 - - 1948/49 ? ? 178 1 1/23 178.00 - - 1949/50 95 7 374 21 6/65 17.80 2 - 1950/51 82 7 347 19 6/28 18.26 1 - 1951/52 208 13 794 46 7/72 17.26 4 - 1952/53 89 7 420 11 5/72 38.18 1 - 1953/54 85 4 426 23 6/44 18.52 1 - 1954/55 66 7 245 16 4/36 15.31 - - 1955/56 110 12 463 25 4/34 18.52 - - 1956/57 ? ? 57 7 7/57 8.14 1 - 1958/59 182 ? 581 43 8/36 13.51 3 - 1959/60 59 4 222 18 7/54 12.33 1 - 1961/62 46 12 113 4 2/30 28.25 - - 1962/63 113 30 309 26 6/28 11.88 2 - 1963/64 128 22 447 21 4/30 21.28 - - 1964/65 157 46 373 21 6/26 17.76 1 - 1965/66 138 35 360 19 5/56 18.94 1 - 1966/67 ? ? 142 16 5/25 8.87 3 - 1967/68 73 12 255 13 5/49 19.61 1 - 1969/70 ? ? 123 4 2/61 30.75 - - Total 6779 364 7/54 18.62 22 - Note: all games shown were for Cumberland Cricket Club (later Parramatta Cricket Club), except for season 1969/70, in which Richie played for Randwick. A medal bearing the Benaud family name is now awarded to the best player in the first-grade final every year. 80