deliveries columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear fullname birth_place column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
232 12425 2 2/0 30/0 1961 19 october 1934 0 1 right-arm fast-medium legbreak australian 0 12 right-hand bat des hoare 1961 desmond edward hoare perth , western australia tests first-class true 27 january http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/1/1148/1148.html cricketarchive 1934 10 19 yes 35 1276 1961 2 225 27 january 0/0 1/3 1 63 des hoare

des hoare

desmond edward `` des '' hoare -lrb- born 19 october 1934 , perth , western australia -rrb- is a former australian cricketer who played in one test in 1961 .
he also played australian rules football for east fremantle in the west australian national football league -lrb- wanfl -rrb- .
a tall fast bowler and useful lower-order batsman , he played for western australia from 1955-56 to 1965-66 .
he was selected for the fourth test against the west indies in 1960-61 , replacing the injured alan davidson .
he took the wickets of conrad hunte and frank worrell and made 35 in a ninth-wicket partnership of 85 with richie benaud in the drawn match .
davidson returned to the team for the fifth test .
he was not selected for the tour to england in 1961 , and when the touring team played western australia at the end of the 1960-61 season , he opened the batting for western australia and hit 133 , his only century .
his best bowling figures were 8 for 98 and 2 for 55 against new south wales in 1964-65 .
in 1959-60 he took 6 for 18 off 6 overs to dismiss south australia for 56 .
he played as the professional for nelson in the lancashire league in 1963 and 1964 .
he stayed in england in the off-season , working for a brewery , and missing the 1963-64 season in australia .
he used this experience later in his work as a sales representative for swan brewery in perth .
