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Eric Freeman
Personal information
Full name
Eric Walter Freeman
Born (1944-07-13)13 July 1944
Semaphore, South Australia
Died 14 December 2020(2020-12-14) (aged 76)
Woodville South, South Australia
Nickname Fritzy
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 244) 19 January 1968 v India
Last Test 19 February 1970 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years Team
1964/65–1973/74 South Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 11 83 8
Runs scored 345 2,244 57
Batting average 19.16 19.17 9.50
100s/50s 0/2 1/9 0/0
Top score 76 116 21
Balls bowled 2,183 14,281 418
Wickets 34 241 8
Bowling average 33.17 27.75 28.25
5 wickets in innings 0 7 0
10 wickets in match 0 2 0
Best bowling 4/52 8/47 3/29
Catches/stumpings 5/– 60/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2020

Eric Walter "Fritzy" Freeman OAM (13 July 1944 – 14 December 2020) was an Australian cricketer who played in 11 Test matches from 1968 to 1970. He was also a leading Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide Football Club, playing 116 games between 1964 and 1972, kicking 390 goals, and playing in their 1965 premiership team.

Life

Born in Semaphore, South Australia, Freeman played cricket for South Australia from 1964–65 to 1973–74. He toured with Australian teams to New Zealand in 1966–67, England in 1968, and India and South Africa in 1969–70. His only first-class century was 116 for the Australians against Northamptonshire in 1968, scored in 90 minutes with five sixes and 13 fours. His best bowling figures were 8 for 47 for South Australia against the New Zealand team in 1967–68 (11 for 97 in the match).

Freeman was the first batsman in test history to get off the mark in his test career by scoring a six.

Following his retirement from playing, Freeman was a commentator and statistician on cricket and football for ABC Radio in Adelaide until his retirement in 2010.

In the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours Freeman was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to sport, particularly cricket as a player, administrator and commentator".

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