Walter Hadlee

Walter Hadlee

CBE

Hadlee at the 3rd Test against England, the Oval, 1937
Personal information
Born	(1915-06-04)4 June 1915 Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand
Died	29 September 2006(2006-09-29) (aged 91) Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	New Zealand (1937–1951)
Test debut (cap 29)	26 June 1937 v England
Last Test	24 March 1951 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1933/34–1944/45	Canterbury
1945/46–1946/47	Otago
1947/48–1951/52	Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 11 117 Runs scored 543 7,523 Batting average 30.16 40.44 100s/50s 1/2 18/31 Top score 116 198 Balls bowled 0 632 Wickets – 6 Bowling average – 48.83 5 wickets in innings – 0 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 3/14 Catches/stumpings 6/– 70/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Walter Arnold Hadlee CBE (4 June 1915 – 29 September 2006)^[1] was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain. He played domestic first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago. Three of his five sons, Sir Richard, Dayle and Barry played cricket for New Zealand. The Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, which is competed for by ODI teams from New Zealand and Australia is named in honour of the Hadlee family and the Australian Chappell family.

Hadlee captained one of New Zealand's most highly regarded teams, the 1949 side which toured England in an era when New Zealand had yet to win a Test. As an administrator, he guided New Zealand cricket in the mid-1970s during years of increasing professionalism, the Kerry Packer threat and the sporting boycott of South Africa.

He was awarded the Bert Sutcliffe Medal in 2001.^[2]