Bryce John Postles (22 February 1931 – 19 January 2011) was a New Zealand cricketer.[1] He played 19 first-class matches for Auckland between 1952 and 1957.[2][3] His father played for Auckland in the 1920s and 1930s.[4]

Bryce Postles
Personal information
Full name
Bryce John Postles
Born(1931-02-22)22 February 1931
Auckland, New Zealand
Died19 January 2011(2011-01-19) (aged 79)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
RelationsAlf Postles (father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1952/53–1956/57Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 19
Runs scored 770
Batting average 22.64
100s/50s 0/5
Top score 80
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 June 2025

Born in Auckland, Postles attended Auckland Grammar School.[5] After his debut first-class season in 1952–53, The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand described him thus: "Very promising right-hand aggressive batsman with full range of strokes."[6] In the first innings of his second match, on New Year's Day 1953, he scored 80, "a splendid exhibition of powerful stroke play",[7] but that remained his highest score, and he played no first-class cricket after the 1956–57 season.[8]

References

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  1. "Bryce Postles Obituary (2011)". The New Zealand Herald.
  2. "Bryce Postles". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  3. "Bryce Postles". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  4. "Alfred Postles". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  5. McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-905138-98-2. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  6. Arthur H. Carman & Noel S. Macdonald (eds), The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, Sporting Publications, Wellington, 1953, p. 42.
  7. The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, 1953, p. 66.
  8. Wisden 2012, p. 215.
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