Richard Collinge

Richard Collinge

Personal information
Full name	Richard Owen Collinge
Born	2 April 1946 (1946-04-02) Wellington, New Zealand
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut	22 January 1965 v Pakistan
Last Test	24 August 1978 v England
ODI debut	11 February 1973 v Pakistan
Last ODI	17 July 1978 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1963–1970	Central Districts
1967–1975	Wellington
1975–1978	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	35	15	163	37
Runs scored	533	34	1,848	116
Batting average	14.40	5.66	14.43	9.66
100s/50s	0/2	0/0	0/4	0/0
Top score	68*	9	68*	38*
Balls bowled	7,689	859	31,388	2,038
Wickets	116	18	524	52
Bowling average	29.25	26.61	24.41	20.15
5 wickets in innings	3	1	22	2
10 wickets in match	0	0	4	0
Best bowling	6/63	5/23	8/64	5/23
Catches/stumpings	10/–	1/–	57/–	6/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 17 October 2010

Richard Owen Collinge (born 2 April 1946 in Wellington) was a New Zealand cricketer.

Career

Collinge bowled left arm fast medium, ending his long run with both arms stretching upwards and swinging the ball. He was New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year in 1971.

He pitched the ball up and relied on late movement. He was a good foil for the often wild express pace of the young Richard Hadlee and was instrumental in helping Richard Hadlee bring New Zealand's first Test victory over England in 1977-8, with figures of 3-42 and 3-45.^{[citation needed]} The fast inswinger with which he bowled Geoff Boycott at Wellington began England's collapse to 64 all and brought the crowd to fever pitch.^{[citation needed]}

His Test and One Day International best bowling figures were both against India in 1975-76, with 6 for 63 and 5 for 23 respectively. At the time of his retirement, he was New Zealand's greatest wicket-taker, with 116 wickets at 29.25 each, despite missing many matches during his 13 year test career.^{[citation needed]}

He was also a capable batsman, if not so prestigiously as with the ball.^{[citation needed]} At Auckland in 1972-73, Collinge scored 68 not out for New Zealand against Pakistan; this was the highest score ever made by a number 11 in a Test match at the time. That innings also formed part of the record last-wicket stand in Tests: 151 put on with Brian Hastings.^{[citation needed]}

He played domestic cricket for three different sides. He made his first class debut for Central Districts in 1963/64 and played for them until 1969/70 before moving to Wellington from 1967/68 to 1974/75) and finally Northern Districts till 1977/78. In 163 first class matches he took 524 wickets, with a best of 8-64, at an average of 24.41. He made his Test debut in 1965 and played his last match at Lords in 1978.

External links

• Player profile: Richard Collinge from ESPNcricinfo