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Full name Dirk MacDonald Wellham
Born March 13, 1959, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 49 years 176 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales,Queensland,Tasmania
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
11
0
257
103
23.36
768
33.46
1
0
27
0
5
0
ODIs
17
17
2
379
97
25.26
699
54.22
0
1
16
0
8
0
First-class
148
240
35
8662
167
42.25
16
53
68
0
List A
68
61
7
1624
97
30.07
0
13
25
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
17
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
148
54
25
1
1/11
25.00
2.77
54.0
0
0
List A
68
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 27-Sep 1, 1981 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 10-15, 1987 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Dec 17, 1981 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v England at Sharjah, Apr 9, 1987 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1980/81 - 1993/94
List A span
1980/81 - 1993/94
Profile
One of only two men to score hundreds on first-class and Test debut, Dirk Wellham was a gifted young player thrust into the national team at 22 after five first-class matches for New South Wales. Picked for two Ashes tours, he played the sixth Test of his first trip in 1981, Wisden describing him as "sturdy, pugnacious and well organised". In the second innings at The Oval he was camped on 99 for 25 minutes, including being dropped by Geoffrey Boycott, before becoming the first Australian since Harry Graham in 1893 to reach a century on debut in England. It would remain his highest score in a six-Test career that also ended against England when he made 17 and 1 at the SCG in 1986-87.
Wellham, an astute leader and sharp fieldsman, was the first person to captain three states - New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland - and won the Sheffield Shield with his home side in 1984-85 and 1985-86. A teacher by profession, he is currently a deputy headmaster at a Brisbane private school. Peter English
