Full Name

Eric Walter Freeman

Born

July 13, 1944, Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia

Died

December 14, 2020, Woodville South, South Australia, (aged 76y 154d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Other

Coach, Commentator

A battling allrounder, Eric Freeman's rise to the top was rapid, although once there he was never quite able to reproduce his domestic form. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, bludgeoning middle-order batsman, and excellent fielder, Freeman was an ever-present in the Australian squad in the latter years of the 1960s. His bowling was not quite penetrative enough - although he took four four-fors - and his batting technique not up to Test level, despite him twice scoring fifty. His international career came to an end on the ill-fated tour of South Africa in 1969-70 when his bowling was savaged, and after three more seasons he drifted out of the game. A banker by profession, he retained links with the game as a coach and broadcaster.
Martin Williamson

Eric Freeman Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50s6sCtSt
Tests111803457619.1602650
FC831236224411619.1719-600
List A86057219.5000-30

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests112121831128344/526/11633.173.1064.2400
FC83-1428166902418/47-27.752.8159.2-72
List A8-41822683/293/2928.253.2452.2000
Eric Walter Freeman

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Test

Recent Matches of Eric Freeman

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
South Aust vs West Aust0 & 01/9608-Feb-1974PerthFC
South Aust vs New Zealand100/3802-Feb-1974AdelaideList A
South Aust vs Queensland--2/4620-Jan-1974AdelaideList A
South Aust vs West Aust10* & 163/49 & 1/4112-Jan-1974AdelaideFC
South Aust vs West Aust22 & 101/6303-Mar-1973PerthFC

Debut/Last Matches of Eric Freeman

FC Matches

Span
1964/65 - 1973/74

List A Matches

Span
1970/71 - 1973/74

Photos of Eric Freeman

Eric Freeman bowls during the 1968 Ashes tour
The 1968 Australian team in London