# Bert Rigg

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{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Bert Rigg
|               image = 
|             country = 
|            fullname = Herbert William Hardy Rigg
|          birth_date = {{birth date|1923|8|18|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [Highgate, Western Australia](/source/Highgate%2C_Western_Australia)
|          death_date = {{death date and age|2015|3|16|1923|8|18|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Perth](/source/Perth), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia)
|              family = [Basil Rigg](/source/Basil_Rigg) (brother)
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Leg-spin
|                role = Batsman
|               club1 = [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia_cricket_team) 
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1946/47–1958/59}}
|         clubnumber1 = 
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 12
|               runs1 = 431
|            bat avg1 = 23.94
|           100s/50s1 = 0/1
|          top score1 = 76
|         deliveries1 = 216
|            wickets1 = 2
|           bowl avg1 = 56.50
|            fivefor1 = 0
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 1/13
|  catches/stumpings1 = 12/–
|                date = 25 March 2016
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7475.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Herbert William Hardy Rigg''' (18 August 1923 – 16 March 2015) was an Australian [cricket](/source/cricket)er. He played twelve [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) matches for [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia_cricket_team) between 1946 and 1959.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/7475.html |title=Herbert Rigg |access-date=25 March 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

Rigg had a long association with the [Perth Cricket Club](/source/Perth_Cricket_Club), playing from 1939-40 to 1965-66 in a club record 284 matches, scoring 9,005 runs with eight centuries. In 1951-52, Rigg (90) and [Ron Sarre](/source/Ron_Sarre) (191) put on a club record opening partnership of 215 against Nedlands at the [WACA Ground](/source/WACA_Ground).

Later he was one of Western Australia's leading cricket administrators. He served as chairman of the state's Cricket Council, and as state delegate to the Australian Cricket Board.<ref>[https://docplayer.net/56739551-The-western-cricketer.html ''The Western Cricketer''], 2014-15, p. 50.</ref>

Rigg's brother [Basil](/source/Basil_Rigg) also played cricket for Western Australia in the [Sheffield Shield](/source/Sheffield_Shield). Their sister Marjorie and their mother represented Western Australia at [hockey](/source/field_hockey).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Donovan |first1=Syd |title=Sports Looking-Glass |journal=Daily News |date=12 January 1955 |page=20 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/266299433}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=7475}}

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