Full name Arthur Robert Morris
Born January 19, 1922, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 87 years 310 days
Major teams Australia, New South Wales
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 46 | 79 | 3 | 3533 | 206 | 46.48 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 0 |
| First-class | 162 | 250 | 15 | 12614 | 290 | 53.67 | 46 | 46 | 73 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 46 | 6 | 111 | 50 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 25.00 | 2.70 | 55.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 162 | 718 | 592 | 12 | 3/36 | 49.33 | 4.94 | 59.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Australia v England at Brisbane, Nov 29-Dec 4, 1946 scorecard |
| Last Test | West Indies v Australia at Kingston, Jun 11-17, 1955 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class span | 1940/41 - 1954/55 |
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.
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Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1949
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame 2001
- Australia's finest (Jul 20, 2009)
- God's own blob (Aug 16, 2008)
- Target acquired (Aug 7, 2008)
- New South Wales opens Hall of Fame (Apr 3, 2008)
- When big isn't big enough (Dec 7, 2006)
1998
Morris at the 1998 Boxing Day Test
© Getty Images
1966
Arthur Morris
© The Cricketer International
Dec 4, 1950
Arthur Morris is caught by Trevor Bailey off Alec Bedser
© PA Photos
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