deliveries columns catches/stumpings year tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear column international role testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
- 3 2 47/4 148/21 1961 - - - new zealand - - right-hand bat artie dick 1965 tests first-class true wicket-keeper 8 december http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36830.html cricinfo 8 december 370 2315 1961 - - 17 june 0/1 1/10 17 78 artie dick

artie dick

arthur edward dick -lrb- born 10 october 1936 in middlemarch , new zealand -rrb- played 17 tests for new zealand as a wicket-keeper .
he made his first-class debut for otago on christmas day 1956 , playing as a middle-order batsman .
he continued as a batsman with moderate results until he was selected for the tour of south africa in 1961-62 .
john ward , who was also selected , was an experienced wicket-keeper who had toured england in 1958 , but his batting was weak , and so dick , who had kept wicket only once in first-class cricket , for otago against the mcc in 1958-59 , was given a chance with the gloves .
his kept wicket when the team stopped at perth on the way to south africa and played a match against western australia , but conceded 32 byes in the match .
however , his form improved when the team reached africa and he kept wicket in all five tests , taking 21 catches and 2 stumpings , although he conceded 52 byes in the series , against only 9 by his south african counterpart john waite .
his 50 not out in the second innings of the third test in cape town helped new zealand to its first test victory outside new zealand .
on the way back to new zealand the team again played in australia , and dick made his only first-class century , 127 against new south wales , after coming in to bat with the new zealanders 32 for 5 .
he moved to wellington for the 1962-63 season , and kept his place in the test side for most of the next few series .
on the tour of england in 1965 he played in the first two tests , then against northamptonshire hit a `` magnificent 96 in eighty-seven minutes which contained two 6 's and sixteen 4 's '' , only to be replaced by ward for the third test a few days later .
dick never played another test .
in the next four years ward , eric petrie , roy harford and barry milburn all had a few tests as new zealand 's keeper before ken wadsworth established himself in the position in 1969 .
dick played the 1965-66 season for wellington , then played no first-class cricket until he returned for four matches in 1968-69 .
