Famous Cricketers No 61 - Wes Hall

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 5 5 2 120 50* 40.00 - 1 1 Other matches 1 1 0 88 88 88.00 - 1 1 Season 6 6 2 208 88 52.00 - 2 2 Career 67 80 18 955 88 15.40 - 3 24 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Tests 167.4 37 425 27 6/49 15.74 2 - Other matches 18 4 60 3 2/7 20.00 - - Season 185.4 41 485 30 6/49 16.16 2 - Career 1851.3 375 5903 262 7/54 22.53 14 2 1962/63 – Commonwealth XI in Rhodesia At the beginning of the season, Hall represented the touring Commonwealth XI in a match against Rhodesia, but was unable to achieve anything of significance either with the bat or the ball. Of some interest, however, is the fact that, in Salisbury, he was run out for the first time in his first-class career. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 68. Commonwealth XI v Rhodesian Invitation XI, Salisbury, September 22, 23, 24 (Rhodesian Invitation XI won by 74 runs) c K.C.Bland b G.M.Griffin 6 239 10 1 24 0 338-5d run out 4 231 5 0 24 1 R.A.Gripper c C.G.Borde 206-5d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other match 1 2 0 10 6 5.00 - - - Career 68 82 18 965 88 15.07 - 3 24 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Other match 15 1 48 1 1/24 48.00 - - Career 1866.3 376 5951 263 7/54 22.62 14 2 1962/63 - In Australia Hall returned to Queensland this winter but neither he nor his state was quite as successful as in the previous season. Queensland fell from second to fifth in the standings and Hall captured only 33 wickets rather expensively. He failed to take 5 wickets in any one innings and conceded his most runs in a single innings to date (1/158) against the MCC at Brisbane in November. But he did produce a few useful performances with the bat and achieved his best score for the state (50) in his very last match. In his 69th game and 84th innings (against New South Wales at Brisbane in late October) he finally reached 1,000 runs in first-class cricket. Ironically, in his very next match, also at Brisbane, he bagged his first ‘pair of spectacles’ (against Western Australia). He had the last laugh, however, as it was his own bowling (7/131) that contributed vitally to Queensland’s victory in this encounter. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 69. Queensland v New South Wales, Brisbane, October 26, 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b J.W.Martin 28 399 18 1 110 1 W.J.Saunders c J.R.E.Mackay 432 c W.J.Saunders b G.E.Griffiths 13 232-5 21