Bill Ponsford
| Player information | ||||
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| Surname | William Harold Ponsford | |||
| Born | October 19, 1900 Melbourne , Australia |
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| Died | April 6, 1991 at the age of 90 Kyneton , Australia |
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| Nickname | Ponny, Puddin ' | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Player role | Opening batsman | |||
| International games | ||||
| National team | Australia | |||
| Test debut (cap 117) | 19th December 1924 v England | |||
| Last test | 22nd August 1934 v England | |||
| National teams | ||||
| Years | team | |||
| 1921-1934 | Victoria | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Game form | test | FC | ||
| Games | 29 | 162 | ||
| Runs (total) | 2.122 | 13,819 | ||
| Batting average | 48.22 | 65.18 | ||
| 100s / 50s | 7/6 | 47/43 | ||
| Highscore | 266 | 437 | ||
| Balls | 0 | 38 | ||
| Wickets | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bowling Average | n / A | n / A | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in play | 0 | 0 | ||
| Best bowling performance | n / A | n / A | ||
| Catches / stumpings | 21/0 | 71/0 | ||
| Source: CricketArchive , April 12, 2015 | ||||
William Harold Ponsford MBE (born October 19, 1900 Melbourne , Australia , † April 6, 1991 in Kyneton , Australia) was an Australian cricketer . In 1935 he was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year .
Career
Bill Ponsford played a total of 162 first-class cricket matches during his career , in which he scored a total of 13,819 runs (65.18 runs per wicket ). He completed most of the first-class matches for the Victoria team. Two times he was able to improve the record for the most runs scored in a first-class innings. The first record he set in February 1923 in a match against Tasmania, in which he improved Archie MacLaren's 27-year record from 424 to 429 runs. In 1927 he improved his own record in a match against Queensland, in which he scored 437 runs. Besides Brian Lara, he is the only cricketer who was able to achieve at least 400 runs in two first-class matches. For the Australian team , Bill Ponsford played 29 tests in which he scored 2,122 runs (48.22 runs per wicket). He made his test debut in December 1924 against England in Sydney . His last appearance in a test was against England in August 1934.
Footnotes
- ^ Robinson (1946), p. 145.
- ↑ a b c d Bill Ponsford . Cricinfo. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ Records / First-class matches / Batting records / Most runs in an innings . Cricinfo. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ponsford, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ponsford, William Harold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1991 |
| Place of death | Kyneton, Victoria |