Wynne Bradburn
{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Wynne Bradburn
| image = File:Wynne Bradburn.jpg
| caption =
| imagesize =
| fullname = Wynne Pennell Bradburn
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Thames, Waikato, New Zealand
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|9|25|1938|11|24|df=y}}
| death_place = Hamilton, New Zealand
| family = Grant Bradburn (son)
| heightft = 6
| heightinch = 3
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1964
| testcap = 100
| country = New Zealand
| testdebutagainst = South Africa
| testdebutdate = 28 February
| testdebutyear = 1964
| lasttestdate = 13 March
| lasttestagainst = South Africa
| lasttestyear = 1964
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak
| club1 = Northern Districts
| year1 = {{nowrap|1957/58–1968/69}}
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 62
| bat avg1 = 15.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 32
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1= 2/–
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 57
| runs2 = 2,077
| bat avg2 = 20.36
| 100s/50s2 = 1/7
| top score2 = 107
| deliveries2 = 2,071
| wickets2 = 19
| bowl avg2 = 42.31
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/13
| catches/stumpings2= 66/–
| date = 1 April
| year = 2017
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36309.html Cricinfo
}}
Wynne Pennell Bradburn (24 November 1938 – 25 September 2008) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in two Test matches against South Africa in 1964.{{cite web |title=Wynne Bradburn |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1226/1226.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=24 April 2020}}
Cricket career
Bradburn, described as "a fairly dour opening bat who was hard to dismiss", played first-class cricket for Northern Districts from 1957 to 1969.{{cite web |title=Northern Districts veteran dies |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/647275/Northern-Districts-veteran-dies |website=Stuff.co.nz |accessdate=29 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Wynne Bradburn |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1226/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=24 April 2020}} In the 1962–63 season, when Northern Districts won the Plunket Shield for the first time, he played a crucial part in the low-scoring victory over Central Districts: Northern Districts needed 114 to win and were 66 for 5, but he guided them to victory with 58 not out.{{cite web |title=Central Districts v Northern Districts 1962-63 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25928.html|website=CricketArchive |accessdate=29 April 2020}}
He was one of the leading players in the 1963-64 Plunket Shield, with 282 runs in the five-match competition at an average of 31.33 and 13 catches.{{cite web |title=Batting and Fielding in Plunket Shield 1963/64 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Plunket_Shield_1963-64/Batting_by_Average.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=29 April 2020}} In the second innings of the final match, against Wellington, he made 98, his highest score to date; he also took three wickets in the match with his off-spin.{{cite web |title=Northern Districts v Wellington 1963-64 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26585.html|website=CricketArchive |accessdate=29 April 2020}} He replaced the injured opener Graham Dowling for the second and third Tests of the series against South Africa that followed the Plunket Shield season.Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 330–34. He was the 100th Test cap for New Zealand. He began with 32 in his first innings when New Zealand totalled 149, but was less successful thereafter, finishing with 62 runs in four innings.Wisden 1965, pp. 838–42.
Bradburn made his only first-class century in 1965–66, when he scored 107 (out of a team total of 210) and 59 against Auckland.{{cite web |title=Auckland v Northern Districts 1965-66 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27905.html|website=CricketArchive |accessdate=29 April 2020}} He twice carried his bat in first-class matches.
He also played in the Hawke Cup from 1955 to 1975.{{cite web |title=Hawke Cup Matches played by Wynne Bradburn |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1226/Hawke_Cup_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=29 April 2020}} He captained Waikato and made 91 in the first innings when they took the title from Hawke's Bay in 1968–69.{{cite web |title=Hawke's Bay v Waikato 1968-69 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/123/123613.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=29 April 2020}}
After Bradburn's playing career ended, he served as an administrator, selector and coach in Northern Districts cricket.
Personal life
Bradburn suffered from diabetes throughout his adult life, and as a consequence had both legs amputated in his later years.Wisden 2009, p. 1594. He died of a heart attack in September 2008 just hours after the funeral of his wife Olwyn. They were both aged 69, and had been married 48 years.{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Roy |title=Couple inseparable |url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/waikato-times/20081011/283003985626211 |accessdate=28 April 2020 |work=Waikato Times |date=11 October 2008}} Their son Grant also had a long career for Northern Districts and represented New Zealand in seven Test matches between 1990 and 2001.
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=36309}}
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Category:Cricketers from Thames, New Zealand
Category:New Zealand Test cricketers