Ian William Quick (born 5 November 1933) is a former

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er who played for

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from 1957 to 1961. Though Quick by name, he was an orthodox slow left-arm bowler. Quick was the leading wicket-taker in the 1957-58

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competition, with 32 wickets at an average of 27.84. He also had the best bowling figures of the season, 7 for 47 against

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in the final match. Although Quick never played in a

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, he did tour

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in 1960 and

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in 1961 with Australian teams. He played in all four representative matches against New Zealand, taking 14 wickets at an average of 24.21. He also took his best first-class figures in New Zealand: 7 for 20 and 5 for 78 in the opening match of the tour against

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, which the Australians won by an innings. He took 50 wickets at an average of 34.00 on the tour of England, but seldom troubled the best batsmen and was unable to break into the Test side when

Richie Benaud Richard Benaud (; 6 October 1930 – 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer who, after his retirement from international cricket in 1964, became a highly regarded commentator on the game. Benaud was a Test cricket all-rounder, blending l ...

was injured. Quick played only one match for Victoria in 1961-62 then left first-class cricket to concentrate on his career as an engineer at the

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factory in

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, his home town. He first met his wife Cora at a dance in

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during the 1961 tour.

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, ''The Summer Game'', Text, Melbourne, 1997, p. 247.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quick, Ian 1933 births Living people Australian cricketers Cricketers from Geelong Victoria cricketers

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