Full Name

Anthony Roy MacGibbon

Born

August 28, 1924, Christchurch, Canterbury

Died

April 06, 2010 (aged 85y 221d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Tony MacGibbon spearheaded New Zealand's attack from 1950 to 1958, and proved himself a tremendous tryer in a lean period for NZ cricket. A fast-medium bowler with a longish run, he could swing the ball either way and used his 6ft 5ins frame to make it lift awkwardly. He was also a useful late-order batsman and a superb slip fielder. On the 1953-54 tour of South African tour he was crippled by enteritis, but still took 22 Test wickets. His 35 runs in a low-scoring match contributed considerably to New Zealand's maiden Test victory, against West Indies in 1955-56, while a vigorous 66 at Old Trafford was the highest score by a New Zealander in the one-sided England series of 1958. At the end of that tour, MacGibbon remained in England to read Civil Engineering at Durham University, and only briefly returned to New Zealand's team.
Christopher Martin-Jenkins

Adapted by Wisden from World Cricketers: A Biographical Dictionary (Oxford, 1996).

Tony MacGibbon Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests264658146619.85034130
FC1242062036999419.88014-810

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests263756592160705/648/10530.852.2980.8610
FC124-2406993013567/56-26.122.3167.6-80
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Debut/Last Matches of Tony MacGibbon

Recent Matches of Tony MacGibbon

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
New Zealand vs England264/6521-Aug-1958The OvalTest # 458
New Zealand vs England66 & 13/8624-Jul-1958ManchesterTest # 457
New Zealand vs England3 & 391/4703-Jul-1958LeedsTest # 456
New Zealand vs England2 & 74/8619-Jun-1958Lord'sTest # 455
New Zealand vs England5 & 265/64 & 3/4105-Jun-1958BirminghamTest # 454