Grahame Bilby
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Grahame Paul Bilby | ||
Date of birth | 7 May 1941 | ||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
ante 1964–1970 | Seatoun | ||
1971–? | Wellington City | ||
International career | |||
1967–1971 | New Zealand | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Test debut (cap 110) | 25 February 1966 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 4 March 1966 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017 |
Grahame Paul Bilby (born 7 May 1941 in Wellington) is a former cricketer and association football player who represented both the Black Caps and the All Whites.[1][2]
Cricket career
Bilby played in two Tests against the English cricket team, in Christchurch and Dunedin in 1965–66. Both Tests were drawn. As a Test opener, Bilby was fairly unspectacular, making 28 and 3 in the first Test and 3 and 21 in the second, giving himself a career batting average of 13.75. He was caught behind in three of those dismissals and caught once. He took three catches in those matches also.[1]
Bilby also played for Wellington, with whom he made 161 against Otago earlier in the 1965–66 season and which probably earned him his Test debut. In his first-class career he played in 57 matches, with a respectable 32.62 average, and which included 3 centuries and 15 fifties.
With a career spanning 1962–63 to 1975–76, he was named New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year in 1974.[1]
Football career
Bilby made his full All Whites debut in a 0–4 loss to New Caledonia on 8 November 1967[3] and ended his international playing career with 8 A-international caps and 1 goal to his credit,[2][4] his final cap a substitute appearance in a 2–4 loss, also to New Caledonia, on 18 July 1971.[3]
Personal life
After attending Rongotai College, Bilby spent his working life in information technology. He and his wife Joy have two daughters and a son.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Grahame Bilby". CricketArchive.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ a b "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- ^ a b "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ "A-International Scorers – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ Millmow, Jonathan. "On double time with dual international Bibly [sic]". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
External links
- Grahame Bilby – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Grahame Bilby at ESPNcricinfo
- Cricmania stats
- Grahame Bilby at CricketArchive (subscription required)