Famouos Cricketers No 92 - Ian Chappell

1971/72 South Africa were due to tour Australia in 1971/72 but with anti-apartheid campaigning at its peak the Australian Cricket Board cancelled the visit. As England had done two years previously the tour was replaced by a series against a Rest of the World XI. During the series Dennis Lillee came of age as an international fast bowler and Bob Massie began his meteoric rise and fall. The season also saw a large number of limited over games, an experiment not repeated for several years. South Australia missed winning the Shield by one point when they failed to beat Victoria on the last day of the season. Chappell had hoped to see Sobers return to the State side, but his unexpected commitment as captain of the Rest of the World XI prevented this. The commitments of the Australia captain saw Cunningham take over the leadership of the State side on three occasions. Chappell led them in the final of the KO competition, but a century from Lawry and a half century from Stackpole brought victory for Victoria. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 140. South Australia v Queensland, Adelaide, November 5, 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) [Capt] lbw b W.D.Albury 0 225-9d - - - - 170 1 1 0 2 0 113-8 3 141. Australia v Rest of the World XI, Brisbane, November 26, (27), 28, 30, December 1 (Match drawn) [Capt] c F.M.Engineer b G.S.Sobers 145 389-4d 285-4d c R.A.Hutton b B.S.Bedi 106 220-3d 108-4 142. Australia v Rest of the World XI, Perth, December 10, 11, 12 (Australia won by an innings and 11 runs) [Capt] b R.A.Hutton 56 349 59 279 143. South Australia v Rest of the World XI, Adelaide, December 17, 18 (South Australia won by an innings and 1 run) [Capt] c R.W.Taylor b B.S.Bedi 17 333 167 1 165 2 144. Combined XI v Rest of the World XI, Hobart, December 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c R.W.Taylor b N.Gifford 95 258-9d 9 2 58 2 Intikhab Alam c and b 397-6d 1 G.S.Sobers c G.S.Chappell not out 0 112-5 145. Australia v Rest of the World XI, Melbourne, January 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (Rest of the World XI won by 96 runs) [Capt] b P.M.Pollock 21 285 184 run out 41 317 514 2 146. Australia v Rest of the World XI, Sydney, January 8, 9, 10, 12, (13) (Match drawn) [Capt] b B.S.Bedi 17 312 277 c F.M.Engineer b Asif Masood 119 546 173-5 1 147. South Australia v Queensland, Brisbane, January 21, 22, 23 (Queensland won by 17 runs) [Capt] c F.M.Franke b P.H.Carlson 41 215 - - - - 189 lbw b P.H.Carlson 33 134 1 1 0 0 177 2 148. Australia v Rest of the World XI, Adelaide, January 28, 29, 31, February 1 (Rest of the World XI won by nine wickets) [Capt] c Zaheer Abbas b B.S.Bedi 18 311 367 2 not out 111 201 146-1 149. South Australia v New South Wales, Adelaide, February 18, 19, 20, 21 (South Australia won by two wickets) [Capt] st H.B.Taber b J.R.Watkins 60 252-5d - - - - 199 2 c H.Martin b D.J.Colley 69 181-8 4 2 2 1 K.D.Walters c P.J.Herbert 232 1 150. South Australia v Western Australia, Perth, February 26, 27, 28, 29 (Western Australia won by five wickets) [Capt] lbw b R.A.L.Massie 52 255 252-7d 2 lbw b R.A.L.Massie 33 217 221-5 151. South Australia v Victoria, Melbourne, March 3, 4, 5, 6 (Victoria won by three wickets) [Capt] c R.D.Robinson b A.J.Sieler 0 103 - - - - 175 c R.D.Robinson b R.K.Rowan 106 370 1 1 0 0 301-7 2 24