Full Name

Arthur Robert Morris

Born

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

Died

August 22, 2015, Sydney, New South Wales, (aged 93y 215d)

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Wrist spin

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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Arthur Morris Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests46793353320646.48121210150
FC162250151261429053.674646-730

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests4661115021/51/525.002.7055.5000
FC162-718592123/36-49.334.9459.8-00
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Debut/Last Matches of Arthur Morris

Recent Matches of Arthur Morris

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Ind Pres XI vs 2 & 201/1428-Feb-1964BrabourneFC
Int Cav'rs vs Natal14 & 3*--20-Mar-1963DurbanOTHER
Int Cav'rs vs 7 & 8--08-Mar-1963Cape TownFC
Int Cav'rs vs Transvaal14 & 0--01-Mar-1963JohannesburgFC
Australia vs West Indies7--11-Jun-1955KingstonTest # 408

Photos of Arthur Morris

Shane Warne, Arthur Morris, Ian Healy, Allan Border and Neil Harvey were named in Australia's Test team of the century
Morris at the 1998 Boxing Day Test
Former and current captains of England and Australia line up on the field during day three of the Centenary Test
Arthur Morris
Arthur Morris with Richie Benaud in 1953
Arthur Morris drives while playing against East Molesley in Surrey