PLAYER CAREER

Bill O'Reilly

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1932–1946

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	27	39	32	26	1932-01-29	1946-03-29

27Internationals

410Career runs

0Centuries

144Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 27
Innings: 39
Runs: 410
Average: 12.81
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 56*
Not outs: 7
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 6
4s: —
6s: 11
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 27
Innings: 48
Balls: 10,024
Maidens: 585
Runs conceded: 3,254
Wickets: 144
Average: 22.59
Economy: 1.94
Strike rate: 69.61
Best innings: 7/54
Best match: 11/129
4 wickets: 8
5 wickets: 11
10 wickets: 3

Fielding

Matches: 27
Innings: 50
Catches: 7
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 7
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 7
Dismissals / inns: 0.140
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1946-03-29	Australia v New Zealand	Test	Australia won by inns & 103 runs
1938-08-20	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 579 runs
1938-07-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 5 wickets
1938-07-08	Australia v England	Test	No result
1938-06-24	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1938-06-10	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1937-02-26	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by inns & 200 runs
1937-01-29	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 148 runs
1937-01-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 365 runs
1936-12-18	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 22 runs
1936-12-04	Australia v England	Test	England won by 322 runs
1936-02-28	Australia v South Africa	Test	Australia won by inns & 6 runs

Australia

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

193262 runs
193335 runs
1934100 runs
193511 runs
1936129 runs
193713 runs
193860 runs

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

193220 wickets
193314 wickets
193428 wickets
193513 wickets
193620 wickets
193719 wickets
193822 wickets
19468 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 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
1946	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	2	8	4.12	1.73	14.25
1938	4	5	60	42	15.00	69.76	0	7	2	86	6	22	27.72	2.31	71.72
1937	3	5	13	7	2.60	19.69	0	0	0	66	6	19	16.21	1.76	55.15
1936	5	7	129	56	25.80	—	1	—	6	—	9	20	22.90	1.52	89.95
1935	2	2	11	11	5.50	—	0	0	1	—	4	13	19.15	2.34	49.00
1934	5	8	100	30	25.00	38.02	0	—	2	263	9	28	24.92	2.09	71.50
1933	3	6	35	19	5.83	54.68	0	4	0	64	6	14	34.14	1.85	110.64
1932	4	6	62	23	10.33	—	0	—	0	—	6	20	21.00	1.94	64.85

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

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

1932-01-29
First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Adelaide
1932-12-30
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v England · Melbourne
1934-06-08
Best recorded bowling · 7/54
Test v England · Nottingham
1936-02-15
Highest recorded innings · 56* runs
Test v South Africa · Johannesburg
1946-03-29
Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Wellington