Eric Hollies

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Eric Hollies

Personal information
Full name	William Eric Hollies
Born	(1912-06-05)5 June 1912 Old Hill, Staffordshire, England
Died	16 April 1981(1981-04-16) (aged 68) Chinley, Derbyshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm leg spin
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 277)	8 January 1935 v West Indies
Last Test	25 July 1950 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1932–1957	Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 13 515 Runs scored 37 1,673 Batting average 5.28 5.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 18* 47 Balls bowled 3,554 130,625 Wickets 44 2,323 Bowling average 30.27 20.94 5 wickets in innings 5 182 10 wickets in match 0 40 Best bowling 7/50 10/49 Catches/stumpings 2/– 179/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 June 2009

William Eric Hollies (5 June 1912 – 16 April 1981)^[1] was an English cricketer, who is mainly remembered for dismissing Donald Bradman for a duck in Bradman's final Test match innings, in which he needed only four runs for a Test average of 100.^[2] Hollies played all his first-class cricket career for Warwickshire, taking 2,323 wickets at less than 21 apiece.

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted: "Hollies was one of cricket's most extraordinary characters, whose meagre thirteen Tests in no way reflected his contribution to the game. He was a fastish leg-break bowler who rarely had much use for the googly." Bateman added: "loquacious, with a rich seam of Black Country humour, he was an immensely respected and hard-working cricketer".^[1]