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- 321 2 9 / - 78 / - 1955 - 0 - new zealand - 0 right-hand bat noel_mcgregor . jpg noel mcgregor 1965 tests first-class true 11 march http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37705.html cricinfo 11 march 892 6573 1955 - 3 29 january 1/3 5/38 25 148 noel mcgregor

noel mcgregor

spencer noel mcgregor -lrb- 18 december 1931 -- 21 november 2007 -rrb- was a test cricketer who played 25 test matches for new zealand between 1954 -- 55 and 1964-65 .
he was the new zealand almanack player of the year in 1968 .
noel mcgregor was born in dunedin and played for otago .
a batsman who liked to play his strokes , at 17 he hit the first ball he faced in the plunket shield for four , and two more boundaries in the same over from tom burtt .
the highlight of his long test career was his only century , 111 scored in five and a half hours at number four against pakistan in a losing cause in lahore in 1955 .
it was also his first first-class century .
in his second test he had been part of the team that was bowled out by england in 1954-55 for just 26 , the record lowest test score ; the next season he took a crucial catch against the west indies when new zealand won a test for the first time .
he made three fifties in the series against south africa on new zealand 's 1961-62 tour there , scoring 709 runs in all first-class matches .
in the third test at cape town he opened the batting and made 68 and 20 in new zealand 's first test victory outside new zealand .
in the fifth test at port elizabeth his contribution was more modest -lrb- 10 and 24 at number five -rrb- but new zealand won again .
he -lrb- along with john reid and jack alabaster -rrb- played in all of new zealand 's first three test victories .
he played all three tests against south africa in new zealand in 1963-64 , his 168 runs at 28.00 placing him second in the new zealand aggregates and averages behind barry sinclair .
his last two tests were against pakistan in new zealand in 1964-65 .
in 90 first-class matches for otago between 1947 -- 48 and 1968-69 he scored 4259 runs at an average of 27.65 .
in all first-class matches he made five centuries , the highest a fine unbeaten 114 to take otago to a seven-wicket victory over wellington in 1959-60 .
he was also an occasional wicketkeeper .
bert sutcliffe described mcgregor 's batting style as `` as light on his feet as a dancer , and absolutely full of shots '' .
dick brittenden wrote of him in 1961 , `` he fairly bristles with aggression , he has a glittering array of strokes , and he is capable of demoralising the most phlegmatic and painstaking bowler he has too often squandered his talents . ''
he continued in club cricket after his long first-class career , playing up to the age of 58 , and was also a leading bowls administrator .
