Full Name

Guy William Fitzroy Overton

Born

June 08, 1919, Dunedin, Otago

Died

September 07, 1993, Winton, Southland, (aged 74y 91d)

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast

Wisden obituary Guy William Fitzroy Overton, who died on September 7, 1993, aged 74, was one of New Zealand's best-liked cricketers. He was a fast-medium fight-arm swing bowler and a regular member of the Otago team from 1945 to 1956. He was also a particularly good-natured and hard-working player. Overton appeared in three Tests in South Africa in 1953-54, but his finest hour came when he took 7 for 52 against Western Australia on the way home. He took 169 first-class wickets but scored only 137 runs.
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Guy Overton Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests36183*1.60000010
FC51643113717*4.1500--210

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3472925893/654/10128.662.8381.0000
FC51-1105442501697/52-25.142.3065.4-60
Guy William Fitzroy Overton

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Test

Debut/Last Matches of Guy Overton

Recent Matches of Guy Overton

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
New Zealand vs South Africa0 & 13/6529-Jan-1954JohannesburgTest # 381
New Zealand vs South Africa0 & 22/68 & 2/3324-Dec-1953JohannesburgTest # 378
New Zealand vs South Africa2 & 3*2/9211-Dec-1953DurbanTest # 377
Otago vs Sth Africans5*3/7924-Feb-1953DunedinFC
Otago vs Central D52/31 & 0/4716-Jan-1953DunedinFC