Arthur Morris ( Australia)

Full name Arthur Robert Morris

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

Current age 92 years 225 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

 

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