Arthur Morris (19222015) was an Australian cricketer who played 46 Test matches between

1946 and 1955. He is best known as a prominent member of the "Invincibles", a team that went
undefeated on their tour ofEngland in 1948. In his teens, Morris became the first player ever to
score two centuries on his first-class debut. After serving in the Australian Armyduring the Second
World War, he made his Test debut against England. He scored a century in his third match and
two more hundreds in the following Test, becoming only the second Australian to score a hundred
in each innings of an Ashes Test. By 1950, he was Australia's vice-captain and had amassed nine
Test centuries with a batting average over 65. Thereafter his form declined, and his career ended
after his first wife became terminally ill in 1955. In later life, Morris served as a trustee of
the Sydney Cricket Ground for over twenty years. Selected in the Australian Cricket Board'sTeam
of the Century in 2000 and inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2001, he is widely
regarded as one of Australia's most successful left-handed batsmen. (Full article...)
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