Ashley Woodcock

Ashley James Woodcock (born 27 February 1947) is a former Australian cricketer who played in one official Test one unofficial test and one ODI in 1974, though he also appeared for Australia against a Rest of the World XI in 1971/72. A right-hand batsman from Adelaide, he played for South Australia in Australian domestic cricket between 1967 and 1979. Captaining the state in his latter years.

Ashley Woodcock
Personal information
Full nameAshley James Woodcock
Born (1947-02-27) 27 February 1947
Adelaide, Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 270)26 January 1974 v New Zealand
Last Test26 January 1974 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 24)31 March 1974 v New Zealand
Last ODI31 March 1974 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967/68 – 1978/79South Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 1 85 17
Runs scored 27 53 4,550 403
Batting average 27.00 53.00 30.95 25.18
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 5/31 0/4
Top score 27 53 141 83
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 72/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 September 2011

Early life

Woodcock was educated at Prince Alfred College and became close friends with future Test captain Greg Chappell. Woodcock attended Adelaide University. [1]

Cricket career

Woodcock made both of his official international appearances against New Zealand in the first few months of 1974. His only test was the third test in Adelaide in January, when he was selected to open the batting with Keith Stackpole[2] Woodcock scored 27 in his only innings.[2][3]

Woodcock did not feature again in the Australian line up until the side went to New Zealand in March and played a two-match ODI series. The first, which the tourists won by seven wickets, featured a two-ball duck by Ian Redpath.[4] Woodcock replaced Redpath for the second game, and cracked 53 from 66 balls with five fours and a six as Australia reached 265. Australia won by 31 runs. He won man of the match with this performance [5] Wisden referred to Woodcock's knock as a "pleasant innings".[6]

Woodcock played in one unofficial "test" for Australia against a Rest of the World X1 in 1971-72, scoring 5 and 16.[7]

He continued playing for South Australia until 1978-79, and was captain in the later years, before traveling to America to complete his Masters and PhD.

Later years

He then went to America to complete his Masters and PhD degrees, returning in the mid 80's to a coach in local club cricket, high performance programs and strength and conditioning for the Newcastle Falcons and Adelaide 36ers. He later became a lecturer at La Trobe University.[8] In 2017, he became Coaching Director at Kensington Cricket Club in Adelaide.[9]

Notes
  1. Morgan, Kym (17 January 2013). "Chappell returns to the schoolyard to see next crop of stars". Adelaide Advertiser.
  2. "Third Test Match - Australia v New Zealand". Wisden. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  3. "New Zealand tour of Australia, 1973/74 - Scorecard 3rd Test". CricInfo. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  4. "Australia tour of New Zealand, 1973/74 - Scorecard 1st ODI". CricInfo. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  5. "Australia tour of New Zealand, 1973/74 - Scorecard 2nd ODI". CricInfo. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  6. "Second ODI - New Zealand v Australia". Wisden. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  7. World XI in Australia, 1971/72, 5th Match, ESPNcricinfo
  8. Player Profile: Ashley Woodcock from CricInfo. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  9. Ashley Woodcock Archived 8 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Kensington Cricket Club. 2017
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