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Full name Ian Ritchie Redpath
Born May 11, 1941, Geelong, Victoria
Current age 67 years 155 days
Major teams Australia,Victoria
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
66
120
11
4737
171
43.45
8
31
2
83
0
ODIs
5
5
0
46
24
9.20
67
68.65
0
0
1
0
2
0
First-class
226
391
34
14993
261
41.99
32
84
211
0
List A
16
16
0
255
62
15.93
0
1
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
66
6
64
41
0
-
-
-
3.84
-
0
0
0
ODIs
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
226
792
466
13
3/24
35.84
3.53
60.9
0
0
List A
16
71
68
5
2/0
2/0
13.60
5.74
14.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Jan 1-6, 1964 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Jan 31-Feb 5, 1976 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 20, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1961/62 - 1975/76
List A span
1970/71 - 1975/76
Profile
An old boy of Geelong College, like Lindsay Hassett, Jack Iverson and Paul Sheahan, Ian Redpath began his career as a sweet striker of the ball, but became an opener so obdurate that he did not strike a six until his 66th Test (whereupon he promptly cracked another one). A lanky, long-necked figure without a spare ounce of flesh, he was the last Australian to play as an amateur: in 1963-64 he declined his fee so as not to jeopardise his amateur football career. It didn't do him any harm: he made 97. Two other unusual accomplishments lend colour to his career: no Australian has taken more runs from a first-class over, and no Australian has both carried his bat through a completed Test innings and been no-balled for throwing. Redpath was later awarded an MBE and, upon retirement, resumed a career in antique-dealing and went on to coach Victoria.
Gideon Haigh
