Bill Playle
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 8 | 85 |
| Runs scored | 151 | 2888 |
| Batting average | 10.06 | 21.87 |
| 100s/50s | -/1 | 4/9 |
| Top score | 65 | 122 |
| Balls bowled | - | 118 |
| Wickets | - | 1 |
| Bowling average | - | 94.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - |
| Best bowling | - | 1/11 |
| Catches/stumpings | 4/- | 81/- |
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Test debut: 5 June 1958 |
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William Rodger Playle (born 1 December 1938, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand cricketer who has played eight Tests for New Zealand, making 151 runs in eight Tests as a specialist batsman. All his Tests were against England, and he only passed 25 once - scoring 65 in a lost cause at Wellington in 1962–63. His first class career started with Auckland, but he later moved to Australia, where he made his highest first class score with 122 for Western Australia.
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| NAME | Playle, William Rodger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bill |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1 December 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand |
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