Famous Cricketers No 79 - Richard Hadlee

1978/79 Canterbury appeared in New Zealand’s Gillette Cup Final but lost to Auckland by 13 runs. Hadlee swept away the Auckland tail to return figures of 4 for 20 but J.F.Reid with 73 was the match-winner for the North Island side. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 34. Canterbury v Wellington, Upper Hutt, November 18 (Canterbury won by four wickets) c and b J.F.M.Morrison 14 174-6 7 0 34 1 E.J.Chatfield b 173-9 35. Canterbury v Otago, University Oval, Dunedin, November 25 (Canterbury won by 32 runs) b G.C.Osborne 11 178 4.6 0 23 2 S.L.Boock b 146 G.B.Thomson lbw 36. Canterbury v Auckland, Christchurch, December 23 (Auckland won by 13 runs) lbw b G.B.Troup 3 143-9 6.6 0 20 4 A.R.Taylor lbw 156 G.B.Troup b W.L.Stott b J.A.J.Cushen st M.L.Ryan SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 3 3 0 28 14 9.33 - - - Career 36 32 6 365 41 14.03 - - 14 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 4i Other matches (8b) 18.4 0 77 7 4-20 11.00 1 Career (6b) 142 23 } 1027 46 4-15 22.32 2 (8b) 122.6 11 1979 - Nottinghamshire and New Zealand in England As usual, Hadlee appeared in a number of one-day games for Nottinghamshire during the season, but for him the highlight of the summer was playing in the World Cup. In this exciting event he put in some good performances for New Zealand, taking important wickets (Gavaskar and Boycott) and nearly always returning economical figures during some hostile spells. However, in front of a crowd of 22,000 at Old Trafford New Zealand went out of the competition when England defeated them in the semi-final by just 9 runs. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 37. Nottinghamshire v Middlesex (BHC), Trent Bridge, April (28), 30, May 1 (Middlesex won on faster scoring rate) did not bat - 93-2 11 2 31 2 P.H.Edmonds c S.B.Hassan 182-9 1 M.W.W.Selvey b 38. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire (BHC), Bradford, May 5, (7), (8) (No result) did not bat - 8-0 11 0 30 2 K.Sharp c E.E.Hemmings 198-7 A.Sidebottom c K.Cooper 39. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire (JPL), Trent Bridge, May 13 (Yorkshire won by seven wickets) b P.Carrick 2 140 7 1 16 1 K.Sharp b 145-3 40. Nottinghamshire v Minor Counties North (BHC), Trent Bridge, May 19 (Nottinghamshire won by eight wickets) did not bat - 206-2 11 5 30 3 D.K.Beckett c C.E.B.Rice 205-5 D.Bailey c M.J.Smedley R.M.O.Cooke lbw 41. Nottinghamshire v Kent (BHC), Canterbury, May 23 (Nottinghamshire won by 48 runs) c A.P.E.Knott b G.R.Dilley 2 212-8 9 3 15 2 C.J.C.Rowe c B.N.French 164 C.S.Cowdrey b 42. Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire (JPL), Derby, May 27 (Derbyshire won by four wickets) b M.Hendrick 8 108 6 0 22 1 K.J.Barnett c D.W.Randall 109-6 104