Famous Cricketers No 79 - Richard Hadlee

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 107. Tasmania v South Australia, Devonport, November 3, 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c T.J.Robertson b W.Prior 4 249 27 3 78 2 D.W.Hookes lbw 457-7d 1 J.R.Hammond c T.W.Docking c B.L.Causby b A.A.Mallett 17 285 5 0 31 0 60-2 1 108. Tasmania v England XI, Hobart, November 30, December 1, 2 (England XI won by 100 runs) did not bat - 71-3d 13 6 17 0 214-3d 1 c G.A.Gooch b D.L.Underwood 14 178 5 1 16 0 135-1d 109. Tasmania v Queensland, Hobart, December 8, 9, (10), 11 (Match drawn) c A.D.Ogilvie b T.V.Hohns 4 505-9d 28.2 7 55 5 K.C.Wessels lbw 259 R.B.Phillips c P.A.Blizzard A.D.Ogilvie lbw M.F.Kent lbw T.V.Hohns b - - - - 136-3 110. Tasmania v West Indians, Launceston, December 14, 15, 16, 17 (West Indians won by an innings and 61 runs) b D.R.Parry 17 213 24 1 83 1 C.G.Greenidge c D.C.Boon 545-5d not out 10 271 111. Tasmania v Western Australia, Perth, December 21, 22, 23, 24 (Western Australia won by seven wickets) c G.M.Wood b T.M.Alderman 3 278 21 5 66 1 K.J.Wright c R.F.Jeffery 256 1 c K.J.Wright b M.F.Malone 31 250 17 2 73 1 G.M.Wood lbw 273-3 112. Tasmania v New South Wales, Launceston, December 29, 30, 31, January 1 (New South Wales won by an innings and 55 runs) not out 27 212 33 11 58 3 I.C.Davis c B.F.Davison 517-6d K.D.Walters b S.J.Rixon lbw not out 33 250 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 4 7 2 119 33* 23.80 - - 3 Other Tasmania matches 2 3 1 41 17 20.50 - - 1 Season 6 10 3 160 33* 22.85 - - 4 Career 112 157 31 2722 101* 21.60 1 10 48 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Sheffield Shield 131.2 28 361 12 5-55 30.08 1 - Other Tasmania matches 42 8 116 1 1-83 116.00 - - Season (6b) 173.2 36 477 13 5-55 36.69 1 - Career (6b) 1469.4 349 9819 433 7-23 22.67 21 4 (8b) 1586.6 231 1979/80 For Hadlee the series against the West Indies brought more success but his triumphs and the unexpected achievement of the New Zealand side in winning the series 1-0 were marred by the disgraceful conduct of the West Indies team; they reacted angrily to some poor umpiring decisions which, it has to be said, had a big bearing on the outcome of the series. Astonishingly, the Dunedin Test provided another one-wicket win for New Zealand - a week earlier they had won the One-day International by a similar margin - but also much acrimony from the West Indies players and a fine all-round performance by Hadlee. Only Desmond Haynes (55 and 105) resisted for long as Hadlee (11-102) caused the West Indies all kinds of problems in the match with the ball keeping low and moving off the seam. After just 30 minutes on the first day the West Indies were 4 for 3 – all three wickets to Hadlee! In their second innings they had another wretched start and yet again Hadlee was among the wickets, claiming three of the first four to fall. When Hadlee dismissed Derick Parry (1) in 30