Famouos Cricketers No 92 - Ian Chappell

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 2 0 36 19 18.00 - - 3 Sheffield Shield 7 13 1 810 134 67.50 3 4 10 Other matches 2 4 1 173 113* 57.66 1 1 1 Season 11 19 2 1019 134 59.94 4 5 14 Career 43 72 11 2945 205* 48.27 9 15 35 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Test matches 45 9 143 1 1-70 143.00 - Sheffield Shield 150 16 586 8 2-56 73.25 - Other matches 31.1 3 158 4 2-58 39.50 - Season (8b) 226.1 28 887 13 2-56 68.23 - Career (8b) 627 67 2501 44 4-98 56.84 - 1966/67 - Australians in South Africa The idea of including two batting leg spinners proved so attractive to the Australian selectors that they retained it for their tour of South Africa. Chappell remembered it as a happy tour, but in cricketing terms the Australians were overwhelmed, losing the series 3-1. He batted at five or six in the order until the last Test, when captain Bobby Simpson moved him to number three. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 44. Australians v Rhodesia, Salisbury, November 5, 6, 7, 8 (Australians won by eight wickets) lbw b J.H.du Preez 0 307 5 0 16 0 149 1 not out 29 111-2 34 14 53 5 R.A.Gripper c I.R.Redpath 265 R.B.Ullyett c I.R.Redpath K.C.Bland c J.W.Martin J.H.Du Preez st H.B.Taber H.A.B.Gardiner b 45. Australians v Transvaal, Johannesburg, November 11, 12, 14, 15 (Transvaal won by 76 runs) c A.Bacher b A.H.Mackinnon 26 254 30 10 59 3 E.J.Barlow c R.B.Simpson 321 A.Bacher c G.Thomas H.R.Lance c R.B.Simpson c L.J.Weinstein b D.Mackay-Coghill 50 413 18 8 55 1 P.L.Corbett st G.C.Becker 422-6d 46. Australians v Eastern Province, Port Elizabeth, November 25, 26, 28, 29 (Australians won by six wickets) c G.M.Den b P.M.Pollock 113 496 23 6 61 2 A.L.Wilmot st G.C.Becker 298 P.M.Pollock lbw not out 12 174-4 32 8 107 2 A.M.Short st G.C.Becker 368 1 F.Fenix c R.B.Simpson 47. Australians v A South African XI, East London, December 2, 3, 5, 6 (A South African XI won by 190 runs) c M.J.Procter b J.T.Botten 16 256 23.4 4 83 3 R.G.Pollock b 373 1 M.J.Procter c sub D.B.Pithey c R.B.Simpson not out 47 184 7 0 30 0 257-6d 48. Australians v Natal, Durban, December 9, 10, 12, 13 (Australians won by 67 runs) run out 27 203 10.1 3 27 0 165 c B.L.Irvine b R.Dumbrill 25 254 15 6 36 1 B.A.Richards c D.A.Renneberg 225 49. Australians v South African Universities, Pretoria, December (17), 19, 20 (Match drawn) c A.Bruyns b P.P.Henwood 0 242 16 5 45 4 A.A.During c H.B.Taber 131-8 1 A.Bruyns c R.B.Simpson R.K.Muzzell c H.B.Taber J.P.D.Flanagan b 50. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, December 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 (South Africa won by 233 runs) c J.D.Lindsay b T.L.Goddard 37 325 2 0 16 0 199 1 13