PLAYER CAREER

Murray Chapple

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

New Zealand1953–1966

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	14	27	0	15	1953-03-13	1966-02-25

14Internationals

497Career runs

0Centuries

1Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 14
Innings: 27
Runs: 497
Average: 19.11
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 76
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 3
Ducks: 2
4s: —
6s: 2
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 14
Innings: 5
Balls: 248
Maidens: 17
Runs conceded: 84
Wickets: 1
Average: 84.00
Economy: 2.03
Strike rate: 248.00
Best innings: 1/24
Best match: 1/24
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 14
Innings: 26
Catches: 10
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 10
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 10
Dismissals / inns: 0.384
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

14 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1966-02-25	England v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1964-03-13	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-02-28	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-02-21	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1962-02-02	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 51 runs
1962-01-01	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	New Zealand won by 72 runs
1956-03-09	New Zealand v West Indies	Test	New Zealand won by 190 runs
1955-03-11	England v New Zealand	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1954-02-05	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 5 wickets
1954-01-29	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 9 wickets
1954-01-01	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1953-12-24	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 132 runs

New Zealand

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

195361 runs
1954148 runs
195520 runs
19564 runs
1962122 runs
1964127 runs
196615 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19540 wickets
19620 wickets
19640 wickets
19661 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1966	1	2	15	15	7.50	—	0	2	0	—	1	1	24.00	2.66	54.00
1964	3	6	127	59	25.40	—	1	—	0	—	1	0	N/A	1.51	N/A
1962	2	4	122	69	30.50	—	1	—	0	—	2	0	N/A	4.50	N/A
1956	1	2	4	3	2.00	—	0	0	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	1	2	20	20	10.00	—	0	1	1	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1954	3	5	148	76	29.60	—	1	—	1	—	1	0	N/A	0.75	N/A
1953	3	6	61	22	10.16	—	0	—	0	—	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1953-03-13
First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Auckland
1954-01-01
Highest recorded innings · 76 runs
Test v South Africa · Cape Town
1966-02-25
Best recorded bowling · 1/24
Test v England · Christchurch
1966-02-25
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Christchurch