John Guy (New Zealand cricketer)

John Guy
Personal information
Full name John William Guy
Born (1934-08-29) 29 August 1934
Nelson, New Zealand
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm slow-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 76) 7 November 1955 v Pakistan
Last Test 26 December 1961 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 12 90
Runs scored 440 3923
Batting average 20.95 25.80
100s/50s 1/3 3/24
Top score 102 115
Balls bowled - 90
Wickets - 1
Bowling average - 82.00
5 wickets in innings - 0
10 wickets in match - 0
Best bowling - 1/0
Catches/stumpings 2/- 32/-
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

John William Guy (born 29 August 1934) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 12 Tests for the national team between 1955 and 1961. He was born in Nelson and currently resides in Melbourne, Australia.

Domestic career

Guy played for Northamptonshire (Northants) in the 1958 English cricket season.

In the early 1960s he worked for Shell.[1] Following the end of his cricket career, he became a national selector and was a representative for Newbury cricket bats. It was Guy who developed the shoulderless Excalibur bat used by fellow New Zealand cricketer Lance Cairns.[2]

International centuries

Test centuries

Test centuries of John Guy
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
[1]1022 IndiaIndia Hyderabad, IndiaLal Bahadur Shastri Stadium1955Drawn

See also

References

  1. ↑ NZ Cricketer Comes to Gisborne
  2. ↑ Eva, B. "Kiwi Cairns' six sixes in 1983", The Sunday Age, 3 February 2013, Sport section, p. 20.
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