Bill Playle

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Bill Playle
New Zealand (NZ)
Bill Playle
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 0/1 4/9
Top score 65 122
Balls bowled - 118
Wickets - 1
Bowling average - 94.00
5 wickets in innings - 0
10 wickets in match - 0
Best bowling - 1/11
Catches/stumpings 4/- 81/-

Test debut: 5 June 1958
Last Test: 15 March 1963
Source: Cricinfo

William Rodger Playle (born 1 December 1938, Palmerston North, Manawatu) 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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Persondata
NAME Playle, William Rodger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bill
SHORT DESCRIPTION Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH 1 December 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH