Grahame Bilby

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = New Zealand
country = New Zealand
country abbrev = NZ
name = Grahame Bilby
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = -
tests = 2
test runs = 55
test bat avg = 13.75
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 28
test balls = -
test wickets = -
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = 3/-
FCs = 57
FC runs = 2936
FC bat avg = 32.62
FC 100s/50s = 3/15
FC top score = 161
FC balls = 126
FC wickets = 1
FC bowl avg = 34.00
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 1/2
FC catches/stumpings = 55/-
debut date = 25 February
debut year = 1966
last date = 4 March
last year = 1966
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36296.html Cricinfo

Grahame Paul Bilby (born 7 May, 1941 in Wellington) is a former New Zealand cricketer who 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.

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.

External links

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36296.html Cricinfo article on Grahame Bilby]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1279/1279.html CricketArchive entry including first-class statistics]
* [http://www.cricmania.com/cricket/DB/card/user/us03/game/T603 Cricmania stats]