Colin McDonald (Australian cricketer)

Colin McDonald

McDonald (left) with Jack Rutherford

Personal information

Full name

Colin Campbell McDonald

Born

17 November 1928
Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

unknown

Role

Opening batsman, very occasional wicketkeeper

Relations

IH McDonald (brother), KE Rigg (cousin)

International information

National side

Australia

Test debut (cap 101)

25 January 1952 v West Indies

Last Test

6 July 1961 v England

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1947/48–1962/63

Victoria

Career statistics

Competition	Test	First-class
Matches	47	192
Runs scored	3107	11375
Batting average	39.32	40.48
100s/50s	5/17	24/57
Top score	170	229
Balls bowled	8	301
Wickets	0	3
Bowling average	–	64.00
5 wickets in innings	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	–
Best bowling	0–3	1–10
Catches/stumpings	14/0	55/2

Source: CricketArchive, 1 September 2008

Colin Campbell McDonald AM (born 17 November 1928, Glen Iris, Victoria) is an Australian cricketer. He played in 47 Tests from 1952 to 1961, and 192 first class matches between 1947 and 1963.

An opening batsman, he made his Test debut in the 5th Test against West Indies at Sydney in January 1952, alongside fellow debutants George Thoms, also an opening batsman, and Richie Benaud.^[1] Uniquely, Thoms and McDonald also opened the batting for the same state team, Victoria, and the same club team, Melbourne University that season. Thoms retired from cricket to concentrate on his medical career as a gynaecologist, and McDonald formed a successful opening partnership with Jim Burke.

McDonald was the top scorer (32 and 89) in both innings of the 1956 Test at Old Trafford in which Jim Laker took 19 wickets. His career reached its zenith in the Ashes series against England in 1958/9. This was illustrated by him scoring the most runs of any player in Test cricket in the calendar year of 1959. He reached his highest Test score, 170, in the 4th Test against at Adelaide, although he was retired hurt for much of the second day, and a second century in the 5th Test on his home ground in Melbourne. He was also captain of Victoria in 1958/9 and 1960/1. He retired from Test cricket in 1961, during the tour to England, as a result of a wrist injury.

He attended Scotch College Melbourne and Melbourne University, and was a schoolteacher for a short period. After working as an insurance broker, he was executive director of Tennis Australia. He was an ABC cricket commentator in the 1960s and 1970s.

His elder brother, Ian McDonald, and cousin, Keith Rigg, also played first-class cricket for Victoria.

References

↑ Test debut scorecard.

External links

Player profile: Colin McDonald from ESPNcricinfo
Player profile: Colin McDonald from CricketArchive
Profile from Victorian Premier Cricket
"For Club And Country" (2000), Ken Williams, Melbourne Cricket Club Library, p. 57-58. (PDF)

Australian first-class cricket season leading run-scorers (1950–51 to 1999–2000)

1950–51: Hassett 1951–52: Hassett 1952–53: Harvey 1953–54: McDonald 1954–55: Harvey 1955–56: Burke 1956–57: Pinch 1957–58: O'Neill 1958–59: May 1959–60: Simpson 1960–61: Simpson 1961–62: Simpson 1962–63: Barrington 1963–64: Simpson 1964–65: Trimble 1965–66: Lawry 1966–67: Favell 1967–68: Simpson 1968–69: I. Chappell 1969–70: G. Chappell 1970–71: Richards 1971–72: I. Chappell 1972–73: Sheahan 1973–74: G. Chappell 1974–75: G. Chappell 1975–76: G. Chappell 1976–77: Hookes 1977–78: Ogilvie 1978–79: Border 1979–80: G. Chappell 1980–81: G. Chappell 1981–82: Wessels 1982–83: Hookes 1983–84: Yallop 1984–85: Wessels 1985–86: Border 1986–87: Marsh 1987–88: Boon 1988–89: Taylor 1989–90: Taylor 1990–91: Law 1991–92: Jones 1992–93: Hayden 1993–94: Bevan 1994–95: Jones 1995–96: Lehmann 1996–97: Cox 1997–98: Hills 1998–99: Blewett 1999–2000: Lehmann

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

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Colin McDonald (Australian cricketer)

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