| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | New Zealand | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 14 | 61 | ||
| Runs scored | 355 | 2336 | ||
| Batting average | 15.43 | 23.12 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 2/11 | ||
| Top score | 45 | 142 | ||
| Balls bowled | 788 | 5134 | ||
| Wickets | 9 | 68 | ||
| Bowling average | 40.77 | 26.66 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | ||
| Best bowling | 2/28 | 5/27 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 1/- | 14/- | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, | ||||
Matt Beresford Poore (born 1 June 1930) is a former international cricketer who played Tests for New Zealand in the 1950s. He was born in Christchurch.
A right-handed middle order batsman and handy off-spin bowler, Poore made his Test debut in March 1953 against South Africa at Auckland. He made 170 runs in the five Test series. Although he failed to make a Test half century in his 14 matches – and in fact holds the record for the longest Test career without a half-century or a three-wicket haul – he made 2 hundreds in first class cricket.[1] He retired from cricket in 1956-57 following an unsuccessful summer where he made just 90 runs at 12.85. Four years later he made a comeback to first class cricket which lasted three matches.