Richard Owen Collinge (born 2 April 1946) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 35 Tests and 15 ODIs. He was New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year in 1971.
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| Full name | Richard Owen Collinge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 April 1946 Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 102) | 22 January 1965 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 24 August 1978 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 2) | 11 February 1973 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 17 July 1978 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1963/64–1969/70 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967/68–1974/75 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975/76–1977/78 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
editHe played domestic cricket for three different sides. He made his first class debut for Central Districts in 1963/64 and played for them until 1969/70 before moving to Wellington from 1967/68 to 1974/75 and finally Northern Districts till 1977/78. In 163 first class matches he took 524 wickets, with a best of 8-64, at an average of 24.41.
International career
editA tall, strongly-built man, Collinge bowled left arm fast medium, ending his long run with both arms stretching upwards before delivering the ball.[1] He pitched the ball up and relied on late movement. He was a good foil for the often wild express pace of the young Richard Hadlee and was instrumental in helping Hadlee bring New Zealand's first Test victory over England in 1977-8, with figures of 3-42 and 3-45.[2] The fast inswinger with which he bowled Geoff Boycott at Wellington began England's collapse to 64 all out and brought the crowd to fever pitch.[citation needed]
He made his Test debut in 1965 and played his last match at Lord's in 1978.[3] [4] His best Test and One Day International bowling figures were both against India in 1975–76, with 6 for 63 and 5 for 23 respectively. At the time of his retirement, he was New Zealand's greatest wicket-taker, with 116 wickets at 29.25 each, despite missing many matches during his 13-year test career.[citation needed]
He could also be a useful batsman. At Auckland in 1972–73, Collinge scored 68 not out for New Zealand against Pakistan; this was the highest score ever made by a number 11 in a Test match at the time. That innings also formed part of the record last-wicket stand in Tests: 151 put on with Brian Hastings in 155 minutes.[5]
A monograph titled Following in the Footsteps of 'Davo' written by Bill Francis was published in 2024.
Notes
edit- ^ Kieza, Grantlee. FAST and FURIOUS: A celebration of Cricket's pace bowlers, 1st ed, Lester-Townsend Publishing Pty Ltd. 1990. ISBN 0-949853-41-0 (Australia)
- ^ Wisden 1979, p. 917.
- ^ Lynch, Stephen (19 January 2004). "The worst bowling average, and mystery injuries". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2007.
- ^ "New Zealand v Pakistan in 1972/73". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2007.
- ^ Wisden 1974, p. 942.