Grahame Bilby

Grahame Bilby
Personal information
Full nameGrahame Paul Bilby
Date of birth7 May 1941
Place of birthNew Zealand
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
ante 1964–1970Seatoun
1971–?Wellington City
National team
1967-1971New Zealand8(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Grahame Bilby
Cricket information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style -
International information
National side
  • New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 2 57
Runs scored 55 2936
Batting average 13.75 32.62
100s/50s 0/0 3/15
Top score 28 161
Balls bowled - 126
Wickets - 1
Bowling average - 34.00
5 wickets in innings - 0
10 wickets in match - 0
Best bowling - 1/2
Catches/stumpings 3/- 55/-
Source: Cricinfo

Grahame Paul Bilby (born 7 May 1941 in Wellington) is a former cricketer and association football player who represented both the Black Caps and the All Whites.[1][2]

Cricket career

Bilby played in two Tests against the English cricket team, in Christchurch and Dunedin in 1965-66. Both Tests were drawn. As a Test opener, Bilby was fairly unspectacular, making 28 and 3 in the first Test and 3 and 21 in the second, giving himself a career batting average of 13.75. He was caught behind in three of those dismissals and caught once. He took three catches in those matches also.[1]

Bilby also played for Wellington, with whom he made 161 against Otago earlier in the 1965-66 season and which probably earned him his Test debut. In his first-class career he played in 57 matches, with a respectable 32.63 average, and which included 3 centuries and 15 fifties.

With a career spanning 1962-63 to 1975-76, he was named New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year in 1974.[1]

Football career

Bilby made his full All Whites debut in a 0-4 loss to New Caledonia on 8 November 1967[3] and ended his international playing career with 8 A-international caps and 1 goal to his credit,[2][4] his final cap a substitute appearance in a 2-4 loss, also to New Caledonia, on 18 July 1971.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Grahame Bilby". CricketArchive.com. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 May 2009.

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