Famous Cricketers No 61 - Wes Hall

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Tests (Australia) 75.7 5 325 8 3/113 40.62 - - Tests (NZ) 16.2 5 42 1 1/34 42.00 - - Other matches 152.7 19 677 23 5/48 29.43 1 - Tour 245 29 1044 32 5/48 32.62 1 - Career 4214.3 791 13768 527 7/51 26.12 19 2 1969 - Barbados in England Hall was one of the members of the enjoyable tour of England which thirteen Barbadian cricketers undertook this summer. They played a number of exciting ‘friendly’ games as well as two first-class matches. His bowling held few terrors in these encounters but he enjoyed a successful tour with the bat, registering 96 runs against Nottinghamshire while losing his wicket only once. His 55 in that first innings at Trent Bridge proved to be his last half-century in first-class cricket. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 164. Barbados v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, August 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) b B.Stead 55 309-8d 12 4 34 0 273-6d 1 not out 41 232-7d 6 2 13 1 H.I.Moore hit wkt 124-2 165. Barbados v International Cavaliers, Scarborough, September 3, 4, 5 (International Cavaliers won by 11 runs) c R.C.Fredericks b J.B.Mortimore 2 271 11 0 48 1 P.D.Swart c D.da C.Boxill 340 run out 13 289 3 0 11 0 231-9d 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 2 4 1 111 55 37.00 - 1 2 Career 165 210 38 2636 102* 15.32 1 6 58 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Other matches 32 6 106 2 1/113 53.00 - - Career 4246.3 797 13874 529 7/51 26.22 19 2 1969/70 Hall represented Trinidad & Tobago in four Shell Shield matches this year and finished among the leading bowling averages with 15 wickets at just over 22.5 runs each. He thus made a significant contribution to Trinidad & Tobago’s first championship in this competition. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 166. Trinidad & Tobago v Barbados, Bridgetown, January 30, 31, February 1, 2 (Barbados won by five wickets) b J.A.L.Bethell 8 267 24 2 64 3 C.F.Blades lbw 326 J.A.L.Bethell b R.M.Edwards c L.Balgobin did not bat - 248-4d 10 1 46 2 S.M.Nurse c G.Asgarali 193-5 R.C.Brancker lbw 167. Trinidad & Tobago v Combined Islands, St. George’s, Grenada, February 20, 21, 22 (Trinidad & Tobago won by an innings and 76 runs) b M.Zamore 4 318-9d 10 1 45 1 I.T.Shillingford b 125 10 3 23 3 L.Harris lbw 117 V.A.Amory b H.M.Phillip lbw 36