Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

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The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame is a part of the Australian Gallery of Sport and the Olympic Museum in the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This Hall of Fame commemorates the best Australian cricketers of all time.

The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame was an idea conceived by the Melbourne Cricket Club to honour Australia's legendary cricketers. It was inaugurated on December 6, 1996 by the Prime Minister, John Howard. The hall of fame opened with 10 inaugural members. As of February 2008, it comprises 29 members in all.

New members are inducted every year at the Allan Border Medal night.

Contents 1 Criteria for induction 2 Selection committee 3 Members of the Hall of Fame 4 External links

[edit] Criteria for induction

The following criteria are referred to for induction into the hall of fame.

• The player must be retired from the game for at least 5 years.
• Based on more than just statistics.
• The player must have impacted the way in which the game is played.
• Should have either played at least 20 Test matches or made at least a thousand runs or taken at least 75 wickets.
• The player should have played in at least one country other than Australia.

[edit] Selection committee

The selection committee comprises the former General Manager of Melbourne Cricket Club, Dr. John Lill, former Australian Test captains, Richie Benaud and Bill Lawry, the chief of the Australian Cricket Board and media representatives.

[edit] Members of the Hall of Fame

Australian Cricket Hall of Fame members				Batting					Bowling						Fielding
Name	Inducted	Career	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Balls	Mdn	Runs	Wkt	Best	Avg	Ca	St
Jack Blackham	1996	1877-1894	35	62	11	800	74	15.69	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	24
Fred Spofforth	1996	1877-1887	18	29	6	217	50	9.43	4185	416	1731	94	7/44	18.41	11	-
Victor Trumper	1996	1899-1912	48	89	8	3163	214*	39.05	546	20	317	8	3/60	39.63	31	-
Clarrie Grimmett	1996	1925-1936	37	50	10	557	50	13.93	14513	736	5231	216	7/40	24.22	17	-
Bill Ponsford	1996	1924-1934	29	48	4	2122	266	48.23	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-
Donald Bradman	1996	1928-1948	52	80	10	6996	334	99.94	160	3	72	2	1/8	36.00	32	-
Bill O'Reilly	1996	1932-1946	27	39	7	410	56*	12.81	10024	585	3254	144	7/54	22.60	7	-
Keith Miller	1996	1946-1956	55	87	7	2958	147	36.98	10461	337	3906	170	7/60	22.98	38	-
Ray Lindwall	1996	1946-1960	61	84	13	1502	118	21.15	13650	419	5251	228	7/38	23.03	26	-
Dennis Lillee	1996	1971-1984	70	90	24	905	73*	13.71	18467	652	8493	355	7/83	23.92	23	-
Warwick Armstrong	2000	1902-1921	50	84	10	2863	159*	38.69	8022	407	2923	87	6/35	33.60	44	-
Neil Harvey	2000	1948-1963	79	137	10	6149	205	48.42	414	23	120	3	1/8	40.00	64	-
Allan Border	2000	1979-1994	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	4009	197	1525	39	7/46	39.10	156	-
Bill Woodfull	2001	1926-1934	35	54	4	2300	161	46.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
Arthur Morris	2001	1946-1955	46	79	3	3533	206	46.49	111	1	50	2	1/5	25.00	15	-
Greg Chappell	2002	1971-1984	87	151	19	7110	247*	53.86	5327	208	1913	47	5/61	40.70	122	-
Stan McCabe	2002	1930-1938	39	62	5	2748	232	48.21	3746	127	1543	36	4/13	42.86	41	-
Ian Chappell	2003	1964-1980	75	136	10	5345	196	42.42	2873	87	1316	20	2/21	65.80	105	-
Lindsay Hassett	2003	1938-1953	43	69	3	3073	198*	46.56	111	2	78	-	-	-	30	-
Hugh Trumble	2004	1890-1904	32	57	14	851	70	19.79	8099	452	3072	141	8/65	21.79	45	-
Alan Davidson	2004	1953-1963	44	61	7	1328	80	24.59	11587	431	3819	186	7/93	20.53	42	-
Clem Hill	2005	1896-1912	49	89	2	3412	191	39.22	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	-
Rod Marsh	2005	1970-1984	96	150	13	3633	132	26.52	72	1	54	-	-	-	343	12
Bob Simpson	2006	1957-1978	62	111	7	4869	311	46.82	6881	253	3001	71	5/57	42.27	110	-
Monty Noble	2006	1898-1909	42	73	7	1997	133	30.26	7159	361	3025	121	7/17	25.00	26	-
Charlie Macartney	2007	1907-1926	35	55	4	2131	170	41.78	3561	177	1240	45	7/58	27.56	17	-
Richie Benaud	2007	1952-1964	63	97	7	2201	122	24.46	19108	805	6704	248	7/72	27.03	65	-
George Giffen	2008	1881-1896	31	53	–	1238	161	23.35	6391	434	2791	103	7/117	27.09	24	-
Ian Healy	2008	1988-1999	119	182	23	4356	161*	30.22	–	–	–	–	–	–	366	29

[edit] External links

• The inaugural inductees
• Inductees since the year 2000

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