Famouos Cricketers No 92 - Ian Chappell

the worth of the performances of the home-grown players. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 15. South Australia v Victoria, Melbourne, November 1, 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c R.C.Jordon b K.R.Stackpole9 251 12 2 42 0 329 not out 39 232-4 9.6 1 24 3 J.Potter c J.C.Lill 299-8d 1 I.R.Huntington b C.E.J.Guest c and b 16. South Australia v South Africans, Adelaide, November 8, 9, 11, 12 (South Australia won by eight wickets) not out 64 573 5 1 21 0 375 not out 2 82-2 13.4 2 36 2 D.T.Lindsay lbw 279 C.G.Halse c B.N.Jarman 17. South Australia v Western Australia, Adelaide, November 29, 30, December 2 (South Australia won by an innings and 102 runs) b H.G.Bevan 75 490 4 0 14 0 199 3 0 19 0 189 18. South Australia v Queensland, Adelaide, December 25, 26, 27, 28 (Queensland won by 49 runs) b K.D.Mackay 10 324 1.5 0 7 2 A.T.W.Grout c R.H.D.Sellers254 D.J.Hale c J.C.Lill lbw b G.M.Egan 11 242 8 1 27 1 G.M.Egan lbw 361-7d 1 19. South Australia v Western Australia, Perth, January 1, 2, 3, 4 (South Australia won by nine wickets) c K.F.Punch b H.G.Bevan 11 497 13 1 43 0 200 lbw b K.N.Slater 17 49-1 7 0 20 0 342 1 20. South Australia v Queensland, Brisbane, January 10, 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) not out 205 416-7d 7 1 24 0 368 1 did not bat - 251-9 - - - - 310-9d 21. South Australia v New South Wales, Sydney, January 17, 18, 20, 21 (South Australia won by two wickets) b J.W.Martin 28 398 - - - - 358 run out 26 264-8 6 0 19 0 303-9d 22. South Australia v New South Wales, Adelaide, January 31, February 1, 3, 4 (New South Wales won by 6 runs) c R.Benaud b G.E.Corling 55 376 2 0 9 0 306 c F.M.Misson b R.B.Simpson 33 314 18 2 61 1 c P.I.Philpott c G.S.Sobers 390-5d 23. South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide, February 21, 22, 24 (South Australia won by an innings and 46 runs) c R.I.Huntington b A.N.Connolly 77 480-9d - - - - 101 1 8 0 45 0 333 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 8 13 2 596 205* 54.18 1 3 5 Other match 1 2 2 66 64* - - 1 - Season 9 15 4 662 205* 60.18 1 4 5 Career 23 38 7 1248 205* 40.25 2 8 16 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Sheffield Shield 99.3 8 354 7 3-24 50.57 - Other match 18.4 3 57 2 2-36 28.50 - Season (8b) 117.7 11 411 9 3-24 45.66 - Career (8b) 262.2 26 1044 24 4-98 43.50 - 1964/65 Chappell had been tipped as a likely member of the Australian team that toured England under Bobby Simpson in 1964, and, in hindsight, his omission in favour of Jack Potter and even Ian Redpath looks to be a mistake, although Barry Shepherd, the burly West Australian batsman, was unlucky to miss out on what would have been his only tour of England. Chappell made his Test debut in December in the only Test on the Australian leg of Pakistan’s long tour through the southern hemisphere. He batted 10

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