deliveries columns catches/stumpings year tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
3005 14917 2 21/0 151/0 1964 0 0 right arm off break australian 0 1 left-hand bat bob cowper 1968 tests first-class true 6 july http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4645.html 6 july 2061 10595 1964 36 183 30 july 5/10 26/58 27 147 bob cowper

bob cowper

robert maskew cowper -lrb- born 5 october 1940 in kew , melbourne , educated at scotch college melbourne -rrb- was an australian test match cricketer in the 1960s , who played sheffield shield cricket for victoria and western australia .
he was the son of dave cowper , the captain of the australia national rugby union team .
cowper was a tall , correct left-handed batsmen who was dropped in the 1965-66 ashes series for slow scoring .
when he was recalled for the fifth test at melbourne he made the first test triple century in australia ; 307 in 727 minutes .
matthew hayden 's 380 against zimbabwe in 2002 -- 03 is now the highest test century in australia , but cowper 's remains the longest .
after his triple century he was never omitted from the test side until a hand injury forced him out of the fifth test in 1968 .
in the last 13 matches of his test career -lrb- the 1966-67 , 1967 -- 68 , and 1968 series -rrb- he scored 931 runs at 38.79 and took 31 wickets at 25.22 .
in those 13 matches no other australian player exceeded 800 runs , and only graham mckenzie , with 49 , took more wickets .
cowper was only 27 when he played his last test , at headingley in 1968 , almost exactly four years after his first , at headingley in 1964 .
he captained victoria to victory in the sheffield shield in 1969-70 , then left cricket altogether to concentrate on his business career .
remarkably , he averaged an impressive 75.78 in home tests but only 33.33 overseas .
the difference of 42.45 is a test match record .
since retiring from playing , he has had a successful career in big business , and has also served as a cricket referee .
