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Full name Thomas Robert Veivers
Born April 6, 1937, Beenleigh, Queensland
Current age 71 years 154 days
Major teams Australia,Queensland
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
30
4
813
88
31.26
0
7
6
7
0
First-class
106
162
24
5100
137
36.95
4
37
52
0
List A
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
31
4191
1375
33
4/68
6/150
41.66
1.96
127.0
1
0
0
First-class
106
18548
7393
191
5/63
38.70
2.39
97.1
3
0
List A
1
58
67
2
2/67
2/67
33.50
6.93
29.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Dec 6-11, 1963 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 3-8, 1967 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1958/59 - 1967/68
List A span
1964 - 1964
Profile
Of Scottish descent, Tom Vievers, who emerged from Queensland country cricket, was something of an Australian rarity when picked against South Africa in 1963-64. A conventional offspinner, he was a type of bowler not seen in the Baggy Green for some time. And he could bat as well, as he showed in his third Test at Sydney when he held out to defy South Africa in the final match of the series. In England in 1964 his batting fared better than his bowling. He top-scored with 54 at Lord's as Australia were skittled for 176, and in the final Test at The Oval hit an unbeaten 67. He added another two half-centuries in the subsequent series against India, and made 88, his Test-best, against Pakistan at Melbourne in 1964-65. But his bowling, while being accurate and controlled, lacked a cutting edge as his Test average of over 40 showed.
