Arthur Berry Player Statistics

Debut: South Canterbury 28 November 1948
Last: Central Otago 7/8 March 1970

Other Teams: Otago (1955-1956)

Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Other: Occasional wicketkeeper
Playing Role: all rounder

Club(s): Albion

Berry was a talented all round sportsman who had played Brabin Shield (U20s) for Otago before moving to North Otago where he played both cricket and rugby. As a rugby player he played for a Combined Hanan Shield Districts side against Australia in 1949 and for a Mid Canterbury/North Otago team against the British and Irish Lions in 1950. Debuting for North Otago in cricket during the 1948-49 season, he would play until the end of the 1950-51 season before moving back to Dunedin. It was during this time in Dunedin that he would play four first class matches for Otago, all during the 1955-56 season. At the start of the 1960s, he would move to Papakaio, and return to the play cricket at Hawke Cup level. In total he played 28 matches, scored two centuries and 4 half centuries and took 31 catches with 9 stumpings.

Batting By Season

Season	Mches	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	100s	50s	0s	Av	4s	6s	Cts	St
1969-1970	7	8	0	94	52	0	1	2	11.75	12	0	8	0
1968-1969	5	10	0	341	102	1	2	1	34.10	34	1	7	0
1966-1967	3	5	1	105	50	0	1	0	26.25	11	1	2	0
1965-1966	4	8	3	56	34	0	0	1	11.20	3	1	6	6
1964-1965	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	3	1
1962-1963	1	2	0	27	27	0	0	1	13.50	0	0	1	0
1961-1962	2	4	0	28	11	0	0	0	7.00	0	0	2	0
1950-1951	2	2	0	165	117	1	0	0	82.50	0	3	1	2
1949-1950	2	2	0	35	27	0	0	0	17.50	0	0	0	0
1948-1949	2	2	0	60	41	0	0	0	30.00	0	0	2	0
Career	29	45	4	911	117	2	4	7	22.22	60	6	32	9

Best Batting Performances

Score	1s	2s	3s	4s	5s	6s	BF	Mins	Rate	Inns	Pos	Dismissal	Opposition	Start Date	SC
117	0	0	0	0	0	0				1	stumped	1	Otago Colts	22-11-1950
102	0	0	0	8	0	0		243		6	bowled	3	Hawkes Bay	13-12-1968	+
77	16	8	3	9	0	0		198		4	caught	1	Hawkes Bay	13-12-1968	+
74	22	5	2	9	0	0				4	caught	1	Canterbury "B"	28-12-1968	+
52	14	5	0	7	0	0				7	caught	2	Southland	13-12-1969	+
50	9	5	1	7	0	0				4	caught	3	New Zealand University Wanderers	02-01-1967	+
48	0	0	0	0	0	3				4	caught	1	South Canterbury	03-04-1951	+
43	10	6	1	3	0	1				5	bowled	2	Central Otago	22-03-1969	+
41	0	0	0	0	0	0				3	caught	1	South Canterbury	28-11-1948	+
34	14	5	0	1	0	1				10	bowled	1	Central Otago	23-11-1965	+

Highest Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Inns	Along With	Start	End	Opposition	Date	SC
6th	94	2	Brian R Papps	5/91	6/185	Southland	13-12-1969	+
2nd	73	1	Ian Burrows	1/1	2/74	South Canterbury	28-11-1948	+
3th	51	1	Joseph Gosano	2/133	3/184	Otago XI	23-03-1950	+
5th	49	1	R Grant	4/53	5/102	New Zealand University Wanderers	02-01-1967	+
5th	48	2	Ivan Geddes	4/17	5/65	Central Otago	22-03-1969	+
7th	44	1	Chris Taylor	6/101	7/145	Hawkes Bay	13-12-1968	+
4th	40	1	Norman McKenzie	3/99	4/139	Ashburton County	21-02-1970	+
10th	34	1	William Cubitt	9/80	10/114	Central Otago	23-11-1965	+
6th	34	1	Richard Golden	5/67	6/101	Hawkes Bay	13-12-1968	+
3th	28	1	Ivan Geddes	2/25	3/53	E. Dempsters XI	15-02-1970	+

Bowling By Season

	Mchs	Inns	Wkts	Runs	BBI	BBM	4w	5w	9wm	10wm	Av
1969-1970	7	11	0	6			0	0	0	0	-----
1968-1969	5	9	0	0			0	0	0	0
1966-1967	3	4	0	0			0	0	0	0	-----
1965-1966	4	6	0	0			0	0	0	0
1964-1965	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0
1962-1963	1	1	0	0			0	0	0	0
1961-1962	2	4	0	40			0	0	0	0	-----
1950-1951	2	2	0	0			0	0	0	0
1949-1950	2	2	4	98	3/29	3/29	0	0	0	0	24.50
1948-1949	2	2	4	36	2/16	2/16	0	0	0	0	9.00
Career	29	42	8	180	3/29	3/29	0	0	0	0	22.50

Best Bowling Performances

Overs	Mdns	Wkts	Runs	Econ	Pos	Inn	Opposition	Start Date	SC
16	3	3	29	1.81	4	1	South Canterbury	27-12-1949	+
10.3	5	2	16	1.52	1	2	South Canterbury	28-11-1948	+
-	-	2	20	-	1	1	Ashburton County	18-12-1948	+
11	0	1	69	6.27	3	2	Otago XI	23-03-1950	+
1	1	0	0	0.00	3	4	South Canterbury	17-12-1966	+
1	0	0	6	6.00	6	4	Ashburton County	21-02-1970	+
5	1	0	7	1.40	4	4	South Canterbury	06-01-1962	+
6	1	0	16	2.67	4	2	Southland	27-01-1962	+
13	6	0	17	1.31	2	2	South Canterbury	06-01-1962	+

Trophies/Honours

Season	Trophy/Honour
1968-1969	Senior Mens Rep Outstanding Performance - N D Ireland Trophy 1965