Arthur Morris      

Full name Arthur Robert Morris

Born January 19, 1922, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales

Current age 87 years 307 days

Major teams Australia, New South Wales

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman

The acme of elegance and the epitome of sportsmanship, Arthur Morris lost prime run-getting years to the war after the then unprecedented feat, as an 18-year-old, of scoring a hundred in each innings of his first-class debut in December 1940. By his first series against England in 1946-47, however, this calm and compact left-hander was close to the finished article, and scored three consecutive hundreds. He then outscored even Bradman in the Tests of 1948: only three Australians, in fact, have a better Ashes average. Once decoupled from his favourite partner Sid Barnes, Morris was a more spasmodic performer, although he ended a run of outs against England in January 1951 with his highest Test score, 206, and carried on molesting bowlers most civilly for another five years.
Gideon Haigh

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1949

Australian Cricket Hall of Fame 2001

1998

Morris at the 1998 Boxing Day Test

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1966

Arthur Morris

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Dec 4, 1950

Arthur Morris is caught by Trevor Bailey off Alec Bedser

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