Bill Playle was a stylish batsman who was a surprise choice for the 1958 New Zealand side to tour England, a squad which has gone down as one of the weakest of all time. Playle struggled during an abnormally wet summer, and in 23 matches managed just 414 runs. In the Headingley Test he batted for 194 minutes in scoring 18. In his only other series, against England in 1962-63, he made 65 at Wellington, his only fifty in eight Tests. He started with Auckland, but later moved to Western Australia. His highest score, 122, came for WA in 1965-66.
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Bill Playle Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	8	15	0	151	65	10.06	0	1	0	4	0
FC	85	145	13	2888	122	21.87	4	9	-	81	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
FC	85	-	118	94	1	1/11	-	94.00	4.77	118.0	-	0	0

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Debut/Last Matches of Bill Playle

Test Matches

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Debut

England vs New Zealand at Birmingham - June 05 - 09, 1958

Last

New Zealand vs England at Christchurch - March 15 - 19, 1963

FC Matches

Span

1956/57 - 1967/68

Recent Matches of Bill Playle

Match	Bat	Date	Ground	Format
West Aust vs NSW	9 & 4	03-Nov-1967	Perth	FC
West Aust vs Victoria	30 & 10	21-Oct-1967	Perth	FC
West Aust vs South Aust	0 & 0	27-Jan-1967	Perth	FC
West Aust vs South Aust	27 & 0	25-Nov-1966	Adelaide	FC
West Aust vs Victoria	17 & 7	18-Nov-1966	Melbourne	FC