Bert Sutcliffe

Bert Sutcliffe

MBE

Sutcliffe in 1958
Personal information
Full name	Bert Sutcliffe
Born	(1923-11-17)17 November 1923 Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
Died	20 April 2001(2001-04-20) (aged 77) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side	New Zealand (1947–1965)
Test debut (cap 44)	21 March 1947 v England
Last Test	27 May 1965 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 42 233 Runs scored 2,727 17,447 Batting average 40.10 47.41 100s/50s 5/15 44/83 Top score 230* 385 Balls bowled 538 5,978 Wickets 4 86 Bowling average 86.00 38.05 5 wickets in innings 0 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/38 5/19 Catches/stumpings 20/– 160/1
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Bert Sutcliffe MBE (17 November 1923 – 20 April 2001) was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year. He captained New Zealand in four Tests in the early 1950s, losing three of them and drawing the other. None of Sutcliffe's 42 Tests resulted in a New Zealand victory. In 1949 Sutcliffe was named the inaugural New Zealand Sportsman of the Year, and in 2000 was named as New Zealand champion sportsperson of the decade for the 1940s.^[1]