Col Westaway | |
Fullname: | Colin Edward Westaway |
Birth Date: | 27 August 1936 |
Birth Place: | Brisbane, Australia |
Death Place: | Moggill, Queensland, Australia |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm leg-spin |
Club1: | Queensland |
Year1: | 1957–58 to 1963–64 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 19 |
Runs1: | 207 |
Bat Avg1: | 13.80 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 33 |
Deliveries1: | 2,949 |
Wickets1: | 52 |
Bowl Avg1: | 32.75 |
Fivefor1: | 2 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 6/88 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 20/– |
Date: | 30 June |
Year: | 2024 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/col-westaway-8337 Cricinfo |
Colin Edward Westaway (27 August 1936 – 15 October 2015) was an Australian cricketer. He played 19 first-class matches for Queensland between 1957 and 1964.[1]
Westaway was a leg-spin bowler and tail-end batsman. He achieved his best bowling figures of 6 for 88 and his highest score of 33 in the same match, the opening match of the 1960–61 Sheffield Shield, against New South Wales in Brisbane.[2] Illness ended his first-class career after the 1963–64 season.[3]
A cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Moggill is named the Col Westaway Oval in his honour.[3]