Arnold Byfield
| Arnold Byfield | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Arnold Stanley Byfield | ||
| Nickname(s) | Bud | ||
| Date of birth | 1 November 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Northam, Western Australia | ||
| Date of death | 4 July 2015 (aged 91) | ||
| Place of death | Mandurah, Western Australia | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1940–41, 1945, 1947 | Claremont | 36 (42) | |
| 1946 | Melbourne | 18 (10) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Arnold Stanley "Bud" Byfield (1 November 1923 – 4 July 2015Western Australia and Australian rules football with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Claremont in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Born in
West Australian Country Football League from its inception in 1973 to 1991, and in 2004 was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame
.
In six first-class cricket matches, Byfield made 251 runs at 27.88 and took two wickets at 21.50 with his medium pace bowling. He made four appearances in the 1953/54 Sheffield Shield, including one against New South Wales when he dismissed both Ian Craig and Bob Simpson as well as scoring 36 in his first innings.[2] His highest score came against the touring South Africans in 1953 when he scored 38 not out, after an unbeaten 16 in the first innings.[3]
References
- ^ "Bud Byfield Australia". Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "New South Wales v Western Australia 1953/54". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Western Australia v South Africans 1952/53". CricketArchive.
External links
- Arnold Byfield's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Arnold Byfield at ESPNcricinfo
- Demonwiki profile