Famouos Cricketers No 92 - Ian Chappell

1969/70 - Australians in Ceylon and India The entire Australian domestic season of 1969/70 was missed as the Australian side toured India between October and December 1969 then moved to South Africa in the New Year. Chappell was appointed vice-captain to Bill Lawry. In a series of warm-up matches in Ceylon Chappell scored 71 retired against the Ceylon Board President’s XI at the Colombo Oval in a one-day match. His grandfather, Victor Richardson, died during the match against West Zone in Poona and the Australian side wore black armbands during the play as a mark of respect. Chappell captained an Australian side for the first time in the match against North Zone in Jullundur, when he scored 164 in just 190 minutes with four sixes and twenty fours. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 105. Australians v All Ceylon, Colombo, October 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) c M.A.H.Fuard b D.Sahabandu 6 197 - - - - 148 run out 29 158-6d 4 0 11 0 132-5 106. Australians v West Zone, Poona, October 31, November 1, 2 (Match drawn) st K.S.Indrajitsinhji b A.L.Fernandes 38 340-7d 7 2 23 0 344-6d 1 not out 84 150-2 107. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, November 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 (Australia won by 8 wickets) b E.A.S.Prasanna 31 345 1 0 7 0 271 1 not out 31 67-2 - - - - 137 108. Australians v Central Zone, Jaipur, November 11, 12, 13 (Australians won by an innings and 32 runs) run out 44 321 5 3 6 1 Mansoor Hasan b 153 2 - - - - 136 109. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Kanpur, November 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) lbw b E.A.S.Prasanna 16 348 320 did not bat - 95-0 312-7d 2 110. Australians v North Zone, Jullundur, November 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) [Capt] c S.Amarnath b M.Amarnath 164 335-6d 8 4 7 1 H.Gosh b 261 not out 4 126-7d 3 2 1 1 A.Gandotra lbw 70-2 111. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, New Delhi, November 28, 29, 30, December 2 (India won by seven wickets) b B.S.Bedi 138 296 - - - - 223 1 c E.D.Solkar b B.S.Bedi 0 107 2 0 17 0 181-3 112. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Calcutta, December 12, 13, 14, 16 (Australia won by ten wickets) c A.L.Wadekar b B.S.Bedi 99 335 212 1 did not bat - 42-0 161 1 113. Australians v South Zone, Bangalore, December 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) c G.R.Viswanath b B.S.Chandrasekhar 7 195 239-9d 1 run out 10 90-8 155-6d 1 114. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Madras, December 24, 25, 27, 28 (Australia won by 77 runs) b E.A.S.Prasanna 4 258 163 3 b M.Amarnath 5 153 171 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 8 1 324 138 46.28 1 1 10 Other matches 5 9 2 386 164 55.14 1 1 5 Tour 10 17 3 710 164 50.71 2 2 15 Career 114 188 25 8168 205* 50.11 24 39 128 20