Graham Gedye

Sydney Graham Gedye (2 May 1929 – 10 August 2014) was a New Zealand Test cricketer who played for Auckland. He was the 98th Test cap for New Zealand.

Graham Gedye
Personal information
Born(1929-05-02)2 May 1929
Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
Died10 August 2014(2014-08-10) (aged 85)
Auckland
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 98)21 February 1964 v South Africa
Last Test22 January 1965 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 4 45
Runs scored 193 2,387
Batting average 24.12 30.21
100s/50s 0/2 3/13
Top score 55 104
Balls bowled - 12
Wickets - 0
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings -/- 19/-
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Cricket career

A right-handed opening batsman, Gedye made his debut for Auckland in 1956-57 and played unobtrusively for several seasons with a top score of 88[1] before coming into prominence with two centuries in the match against Central Districts in 1963–64.[2]

That performance propelled him into the New Zealand Test team for the three-match series against South Africa. He made 10 and a match-saving 52 in around 70 overs in the First Test,[3] and 18 and 55 in the Third Test.[4] His 166 runs at an average of 27.66 placed him third in the New Zealanders' averages and aggregates for the series.[5]

He retained his spot in the Test team the following season after another century in a victory over Central Districts,[6] but after the First Test against Pakistan, in which he scored 26 in 160 minutes, he was dropped. When he then failed to be selected for the tours to India, Pakistan and England in 1965, he retired from first-class cricket.[3][7]

He and Roger Harris opened the batting together in several hundred games for their club in Auckland and for Auckland in the Plunket Shield.[3] Gedye also played rugby for Auckland.[3]

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See also

References
  1. Graham Gedye batting season by season
  2. Auckland v Central Districts 1963-64
  3. Wisden 2015, p. 189.
  4. Wisden 1965, pp. 839-42.
  5. Wisden 1965, p. 821.
  6. "Central Districts v Auckland 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  7. "Former Kiwi cricket rep Graham Gedye dies - Sport - NZ Herald News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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