Famous Cricketers No 61 - Wes Hall

56. Queensland v Victoria, Melbourne, December 9, 11, 12, 13 (Queensland won by 31 runs) c R.C.Jordon b I.Meckiff 14 159 21.3 2 77 5 R.W.Furlong lbw 249 C.N.Crompton c J.Lihou R.M.Cowper c K.D.Mackay K.W.Kirby b R.A.Gaunt b c R.C.Jordon b I.Meckiff 27 339 14 1 79 4 C.N.Crompton b 218 J.Potter c K.D.Mackay R.M.Cowper b I.Meckiff c T.R.Veivers 57. Queensland v Western Australia, Perth, December 16, 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) b G.D.McKenzie 43 382 20 7 45 1 G.D.McKenzie c D.F.E.Bull 190 15 4 46 1 K.F.Punch c A.T.W.Grout 390-2 58. Queensland v South Australia, Adelaide, December 23, 25, 26, 27 (Queensland won by 115 runs) not out 14 325 16.2 0 86 3 I.M.McLachlan c A.T.W.Grout 313 1 D.A.Sharpe c K.D.Mackay D.J.Sincock c and b did not bat - 329-7d 8 1 53 1 L.E.Favell c J.Lihou 226 1 59. Queensland v New South Wales, Sydney, December 30, January 1, 2, 3 (New South Wales won by 30 runs) not out 29 351 18 1 121 5 R.B.Simpson c A.T.W.Grout 390 1 I.D.Craig c K.D.Mackay R.N.Harvey b N.C.O’Neill b B.C.Booth c A.T.W.Grout b A.K.Davidson 5 243 10 1 48 2 I.D.Craig lbw 234-4 N.C.O’Neill c J.J.McLaughlin 60. Queensland v South Australia, Brisbane, January 12, 13, 15, 16 (Queensland won by 130 runs) b G.St A.Sobers 1 225 12 4 29 6 J.C.Lill c A.T.W.Grout 103 G.St A.Sobers c S.C.Trimble I.M.McLachlan c P.J.P.Burge R.G.Lloyd c T.R.Veivers N.J.N.Hawke c A.T.W.Grout D.A.Sharpe c A.T.W. Grout did not bat - 247-2d 8 2 44 0 239 1 61. Queensland v Victoria, Brisbane, February 2, 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) st R.C.Jordon b J.Potter 9 267 15 0 76 7 W.M.Lawry c P.J.P.Burge 211 1 D.J.Anderson c C.C.Westaway R.W.Furlong c T.R.Veivers C.N.Crompton b R.C.Jordon c G.M.Bizzell C.E.J.Guest c S.C.Trimble I.W.Meckiff c S.C.Trimble not out 9 118-2d 10 1 42 2 D.J.Anderson lbw 110-3 R.W.Furlong c K.D.Mackay SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 8 12 3 166 43 18.44 - - 6 Career 61 74 16 747 50 12.87 - 1 22 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Sheffield Shield 203.5 30 871 43 7/76 20.25 4 - Career 1665.5 334 5418 232 7/54 23.35 12 2 1961/62 Hall hastened to return to the West Indies, after completing his Queensland assignment, in order to confront the touring Indians. He bowled magnificently against them, capturing 27 wickets cheaply in the five Test matches. At Kingston, in the second Test, he claimed 9/128 in just under 49 overs of searing pace and at Port-of-Spain, in the fourth, he destroyed India’s first innings by taking five wickets for next to nothing in a dramatic opening spell from which the tourists never recovered. In his 19