Ian Quick

Ian William Quick (born 5 November 1933) is a former Australian cricketer who played for Victoria in first-class cricket from 1957 to 1961.[1] Though Quick by name, he was an orthodox slow left-arm bowler.[2]

Ian Quick
Personal information
Full nameIan William Quick
Born (1933-11-05) 5 November 1933
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 63
Runs scored 816
Batting average 14.06
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 61*
Balls bowled 14275
Wickets 195
Bowling average 30.46
5 wickets in innings 7
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/20
Catches/stumpings 32/0

Quick was the leading wicket-taker in the 1957-58 Sheffield Shield competition, with 32 wickets at an average of 27.84.[3] He also had the best bowling figures of the season, 7 for 47 against Western Australia in the final match.[4]

Although Quick never played in a Test match, he did tour New Zealand in 1960 and England in 1961 with Australian teams.[2][5] He played in all four matches against New Zealand, taking 14 wickets at an average of 24.21.[6] He also took his best first-class figures in New Zealand: 7 for 20 and 5 for 78 in the opening match of the tour against Auckland, which the Australians won by an innings.[7] He took 50 wickets at an average of 34.00 on the tour of England, but seldom troubled the best batsmen and was unable to break into the Test side when Richie Benaud was injured.[8]

He played only one match for Victoria in 1961-62 then left first-class cricket to concentrate on his career as an engineer at the Ford factory in Geelong, his home town.[9] He first met his wife Cora at a dance in Northampton during the 1961 tour.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Ian Quick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. Struthers, Greg (14 August 2005). "Caught in time - Australia tour England, 1961". The Sunday Times. London, England. p. 24.
  3. "Bowling in Sheffield Shield 1957-58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. "Western Australia v Victoria 1957-58". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. "First-Class Matches Played By Ian Quick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  6. Wisden 1961, pp. 847-53.
  7. "Auckland v Australians 1959-60". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  8. Wisden 1962, pp. 274, 277.
  9. The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 434.
  10. Gideon Haigh, The Summer Game, Text, Melbourne, 1997, p. 247.
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