Australian Cricket Hall of Fame
The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame is a part of the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum in the National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This Hall of Fame commemorates the greatest 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 6 December 1996 by the Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard. The hall of fame opened with 10 inaugural members. As of January 2014, it comprises 39 members in all. Belinda Clark was the first woman admitted—in 2014.
New members are inducted every year at the Allan Border Medal night.
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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.
Selection committee
The selection committee comprises the vice-president of Melbourne Cricket Club, David Crow, former Australian Test captains, Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry and Mark Taylor, the chief executive of the Australian Cricket Board, James Sutherland, the chief executive of the Australian Cricketers' Association, Paul Marsh and media representatives Gideon Haigh and Malcolm Conn.
Members of the Hall of Fame
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame members | Batting | Bowling | Fielding | ||||||||||||||
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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 100px |
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 100px |
1996 | 1932–1946 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 410 | 56* | 12.81 | 10024 | 585 | 3254 | 144 | 7/54 | 22.60 | 7 | - | |
Keith Miller 100px |
1996 | 1946–1956 | 55 | 87 | 7 | 2958 | 147 | 36.98 | 10461 | 337 | 3906 | 170 | 7/60 | 22.98 | 38 | - | |
Ray Lindwall 100px |
1996 | 1946–1960 | 61 | 84 | 13 | 1502 | 118 | 21.15 | 13650 | 419 | 5251 | 228 | 7/38 | 23.03 | 26 | - | |
Dennis Lillee 100px |
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 100px |
2000 | 1979–1994 | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 | 50.56 | 4009 | 197 | 1525 | 39 | 7/46 | 39.10 | 156 | - | |
Bill Woodfull 100px |
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 100px |
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 100px |
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 100px |
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 100px |
2006 | 1957–1978 | 62 | 111 | 7 | 4869 | 311 | 46.82 | 6881 | 253 | 3001 | 71 | 5/57 | 42.27 | 110 | - | |
Monty Noble 100px |
2006 | 1898–1909 | 42 | 73 | 7 | 1997 | 133 | 30.26 | 7159 | 361 | 3025 | 121 | 7/17 | 25.00 | 26 | - | |
Charlie Macartney 100px |
2007 | 1907–1926 | 35 | 55 | 4 | 2131 | 170 | 41.78 | 3561 | 177 | 1240 | 45 | 7/58 | 27.56 | 17 | - | |
Richie Benaud 100px |
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 | |
Steve Waugh |
2009 | 1985–2004 | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 | 51.06 | 7805 | 332 | 3445 | 92 | 5/28 | 37.44 | 112 | – | |
Bill Lawry | 2010 | 1961–1971 | 67 | 123 | 12 | 5234 | 210 | 47.15 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0/0 | – | 30 | – | |
Garth McKenzie | 2010 | 1961–1971 | 60 | 89 | 12 | 945 | 76 | 12.27 | 17681 | 547 | 7326 | 246 | 8/71 | 29.78 | 34 | – | |
Mark Taylor |
2011 | 1988–1999 | 104 | 186 | 13 | 7525 | 334* | 43.49 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1/11 | 26.00 | 157 | – | |
Doug Walters | 2011 | 1965–1981 | 74 | 125 | 14 | 5357 | 250 | 48.26 | 3295 | 79 | 1425 | 49 | 5/66 | 29.08 | 43 | – | |
Shane Warne 100px |
2012 | 1992–2007 | 145 | 199 | 17 | 3154 | 99 | 17.32 | 40705 | 1761 | 17995 | 708 | 8/71 | 25.41 | 125 | – | |
Glenn McGrath |
2013 | 1993–2007 | 124 | 138 | 51 | 641 | 61 | 7.36 | 29248 | 1471 | 12186 | 563 | 8/24 | 21.64 | 54 | – | |
Charlie Turner |
2013 | 1887-1895 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 323 | 29 | 11.53 | 5179 | 457 | 1670 | 101 | 7/43 | 16.53 | 8 | – | |
Belinda Clark | 2014 | 1990-2005 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 919 | 136 | 45.95 | 78 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 1/10 | 28.00 | 4 | – | |
Mark Waugh |
2014 | 1988-2004 | 128 | 209 | 17 | 8029 | 153* | 41.81 | 4853 | 171 | 2429 | 59 | 5/40 | 41.16 | 181 | – | |
Jack Ryder |
2015 | 1912-1932 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 1394 | 201* | 51.62 | 1897 | - | 743 | 17 | 2/29 | 43.70 | 17 | - | - |
Adam Gilchrist 100px |
2015 | 1999-2008 | 96 | 137 | 20 | 5570 | 204* | 47.60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 379 | 37 | - |