Bev Congdon

New Zealand

Full name Bevan Ernest Congdon

Born February 11, 1938, Motueka, Tasman

Current age 75 years 101 days

Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Central Districts, Otago, Wellington

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	61	114	7	3448	176	32.22			7	19		12	44
ODIs	11	9	3	338	101	56.33	472	71.61	1	2	29	2	0
First-class	241	416	40	13101	202*	34.84			23	68			201
List A	40	37	6	1269	101	40.93			1	10			12

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	61	66	5620	2154	59	5/65	5/65	36.50	2.29	95.2	1	1
ODIs	11	10	437	287	7	2/17	2/17	41.00	3.94	62.4	0	0
First-class	241		15602	6125	204	6/42		30.02	2.35	76.4		4
List A	40		1895	1087	41	4/33	4/33	26.51	3.44	46.2	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Jan 22-26, 1965 scorecard
Last Test	England v New Zealand at Lord's, Aug 24-28, 1978 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 11, 1973 scorecard
Last ODI	England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jul 17, 1978 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1960-1978
List A span	1969-1978

Profile

Bev Congdon was one of the finest allround cricketers ever produced by New Zealand, and was a model professional both on and off the field. Congdon was a technically correct batsman with tremendous powers of concentration - as evidenced by his back-to-back big hundreds against England in 1973 - but was also able to play in a cavalier manner when the occasion demanded. He supplemented this with sound fielding and medium-pace in and outswingers. He led New Zealand with distinction to their first Test win over Australia (after putting Australia in), and but for dropped catches would probably have recorded a momentus win over England at Lord's in 1973. Unlike many, he thrived on the captaincy and his batting seemed the better for the responsibility. Under his tenure New Zealand emerged from Test cricket's perennial losers into a side to be respected.
Martin Williamson

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