Famous Cricketers No 61 - Wes Hall

Richards emerged as one of the heroes of the match with a swashbuckling 81 for the Rest of the World in their chase for quick runs on the last day. The West Indian who performed best in these exhibition games was Basil Butcher, who achieved attractive half-centuries against both Hampshire and Kent. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 150. Rest of the World XI v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 21, 22, 23 (Hampshire won by 68 runs) b R.M.H.Cottam 10 154 9 1 28 0 231 c D.A.Livingstone b B.A.Richards 4 220 13 1 68 3 B.A.Richards b 211-6d D.R.Turner lbw A.T.Castell lbw 151. Rest of the World XI v Kent, Canterbury, August 24, 26, 27 (Rest of the World XI won by five wickets) not out 5 288-9d 19 1 62 0 339-5d did not bat - 255-5 7 0 34 0 201-1d 152. Rest of the World XI v Australians, Lord’s, August 31, September 2, 3 (Australians won by eight wickets) did not bat - 219-7d 9 0 34 0 226 not out 8 107 7 0 27 2 R.J.Inverarity c S.M.Nurse 101-2 K.D.Walters lbw SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 3 4 2 27 10 13.50 - - - Career 152 189 35 2289 102* 14.86 1 4 53 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Other matches 64 3 253 5 3/68 50.60 - - Career 3969.3 762 12724 495 7/51 25.70 18 2 1968/69 - West Indians in Australia and New Zealand Hall’s second tour of Australia as a member of the West Indies teamwas much less successful than his first. Looking old and jaded, he and Griffith posed few problems to the Australian batsmen and the hosts won the Test series very comfortably indeed (3-1). Hall’s 8 wickets in 2 Tests came at the prohibitive cost of 40.62 runs each and he managed to capture only 32 altogether in 11 first-class matches during the tour. In fact, he was discarded for the first two Tests and was overlooked for the second at Melbourne even when Griffith was injured and had to be replaced by Richard Edwards. His best bowling performance came at Tasmania’s expense when he claimed 5/48 (including four tail-enders). In his first match of the tour, however, he had the enormous satisfaction of exceeding 500 wickets in first-class cricket. Among West Indians only S.G.Smith, Ramadhin, Gibbs and Sobers had thus far accomplished this feat. Hall also registered his highest score in Australia when he made 78 runs against Victoria in November and established, with ‘Prof’ Edwards, a tenth-wicket West Indian record partnership of 83 runs against that state. In the second game against Victoria (his 160th first-class match), Hall was out hit wicket for the only time in his career. The tourists also performed indifferently against New Zealand, sharing the honours with the hosts who were not then regarded as a powerful cricketing country. Only Nurse, with two magnificent Test centuries, enhanced his reputation on that leg of the tour. Edwards, somewhat surprisingly, emerged as the best among the tired bowlers with 15 wickets in the three Tests against New Zealand. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 153. West Indians v Western Australia, Perth, October 26, 27, 28, 29 (West Indians won by six wickets) b G.D.McKenzie 5 361 10 3 30 3 R.D.Bowe c G.St A.Sobers 199 C.Milburn b G.D.McKenzie c M.C.Carew did not bat - 127-4 10 2 44 3 R.D.Bowe c B.F.Butcher 288 R.J.Inverarity c J.L.Hendricks C.Milburn c J.L.Hendricks 34