| Bill Buckle | |
| Fullname: | William Harvey Buckle |
| Birth Date: | 3 June 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-pace |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Queensland |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 23 |
| Runs1: | 1,114 |
| Bat Avg1: | 28.56 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/3 |
| Top Score1: | 207 |
| Deliveries1: | 88 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 15/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 1 |
| Runs2: | 32 |
| Bat Avg2: | 32.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 32 |
| Deliveries2: | 0 |
| Wickets2: | – |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/– |
| Date: | 17 June 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4272.html Cricinfo |
William Harvey Buckle (born 3 June 1943) is a former Australian cricketer. He played in 23 first-class matches for Queensland between 1963 and 1972.[1]
Buckle's highest first-class score was 207, which he made in his only match in the 1964–65 Sheffield Shield, against Western Australia in Brisbane.[2] He scored his other first-class century in the corresponding fixture the next season, when he made 31 and 112.[3] In December 1966 against Victoria, he injured his hand, which was in plaster when he went out to bat in the second innings at the fall of the seventh wicket. In a successful attempt to save the match, he and Keith Ziebell put on an unbroken partnership of 77 before the match finished in a draw; he made 18 not out.[4] [5]
Buckle founded, owned and ran the Greg Chappell Cricket Centre in Brisbane between the mid-1970s and 1998, when he retired.
He should not be confused with Bill Buckle (1926–2023), the Australian automobile industry figure who designed the Goggomobil Dart.[6]