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Full name Arthur Robert Morris
Born January 19, 1922, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 86 years 233 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman
Batting and fielding averages
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
Bowling averages
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
Career statistics
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
Profile
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
Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1949
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame 2001
