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Colin McCool

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to become a decreasing consideration," says the history of Somerset cricket. He also made 146 catches, many of them at first slip, where he stood "rather deeper than usual". His influence on Somerset's recovery from the trough of the early 1950s was considerable. A later Somerset history says: "Occasionally some of the younger pros didn't relish the way he treated them. Maybe they also resented that his salary was well in excess of their own. But their respect for his competitive approach and sheer experience was undeniable."
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conventions of English cricket as it was then. There was a Somerset committee member, who liked and admired him, and would greet him with, 'Morning, McCool'. That committee member was seeking to be courteous. He would have thought it pompous to say 'Mr McCool', and impertinent to say 'Colin'. But it infuriated Colin. He thought it a reflection on his status. He would have preferred something like 'Hi, Col, you old bastard.' The worlds were too far apart."
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at over thirty runs apiece might be counted disappointing. But with the bat McCool exceeded all expectations. He was one of the most consistent scorers in the country and he failed by only 34 to reach 2,000 runs in his first season of county cricket. McCool was the backbone of a mediocre batting side, and he never departed from his natural attacking style." Against the
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enjoyable to watch, compact, tidy, combining powerful hitting with delicate placing. In the best Somerset tradition, he was always after the bowling, and in the best Australian tradition, he always relished a fight." But he also adapted his style to suit English pitches: in an early innings for Somerset, he was out trying to hook a ball from
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by Somerset in 1959 after just three years with county and the circumstances were unusual enough for it to be remarked on in the county's Year Book, published in the winter before the season. "Although Colin McCool has played for the County for three seasons only, this Testimonial is a fitting reward
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Accounts of McCool in his Somerset period portray him as a thoughtful but slightly aloof character. "Off the field he was a quiet man," wrote David Foot. He was "a contemplative pipe-smoker in the corner of the dressing room," says another account, and somewhat intolerant of others who appeared less
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also bowling more than McCool. When McMahon left, Langford took over as the top spin bowler, and by 1960 was bowling four times the number of overs that McCool took. But McCool had also lost some of his control at this stage: "He could do beguiling things with the ball, though length and line seemed
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In 138 matches across the five seasons for Somerset, McCool made 7,913 runs at an average of 33.82. He also took 219 wickets at 28.05 but in his five years with the county he was never the first-choice spin bowler: in his first two seasons, Somerset used Australian-born slow left-arm orthodox bowler
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was in no doubt of McCool's influence: "Much of the credit for the all-round improvement went to one man – McCool," it wrote. "At the start of the season it was hoped that the former Australian Test leg-break bowler would lend power and variety to the attack. From that viewpoint his 45 wickets
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said of McCool, " was almost unplayable on badly prepared pitches, so wide and sharp was the turn of his leg-breaks." and that he "made even State batsmen look inept". On the advice of coaches and ex-players, McCool attempted to alter his action to a more orthodox style on several occasions but
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In contrast to 1958, the 1959 season was hot and dry and McCool's figures improved: he made 1769 runs at an average of more than 40 runs per innings and took 64 first-class wickets, more than in any other Somerset season. McCool's final season with Somerset before his retirement was 1960, and he
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During his time at Somerset, he was known for " a match with his cracking strokes in an hour." Alan Gibson wrote: "We hardly think of him as a stylist, and he was mostly a back-foot player, getting the greater number of his runs in the segments fanning out from point and square-leg. But he was
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Alan Gibson wrote about him more volubly: "He thought about the game a lot. Many Australian cricketers do, more than English cricketers probably, but McCool was in some ways an untypical Australian. He had a diffidence and gentleness, which do not always spring to mind as familiar Australian
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1962, said the first was "full of trenchant good sense, humour, anecdote and shrewd observation". The second book, Arlott wrote, was "to the best of this reviewer's knowledge, the first cricket book to be initially published in the modern paper-back format". It was, he added, "full of good
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Gibson wrote that McCool "did not quite come to terms with the West Country". He went on: "He missed the sunshine. 'There's no winter,' he said, 'and the beer's better. And the f------ off-spinners don't turn.' I think an additional reason was that he found some difficulty in accepting the
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said after McCool's death in 1986: "If Colin had played in the last 10 years, he would have been regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders ever in Australian cricket. He was a great batsman, a wonderful bowler and one of the best slips fieldsmen I have ever seen."
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forced him to retire from all forms of cricket aged 55: "Rheumatism in my right hand made it embarrassing for me to continue. It was alarming to an old pro like me who prided himself on length and directions to have the ball slip out of my fingers out of control."
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At Somerset, McCool was an instant success as a batsman, scoring 1,967 runs in his first season, including three centuries and a highest score of 141. After four seasons, Somerset came off the bottom of the County Championship (to 15th out of 17), and
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that season he made 90 and 116, the first innings 90 coming out of 139 in two-and-a-half hours and including 15 fours, the second innings century out of 167 in just 95 minutes, with four sixes and 14 fours.
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action, releasing the ball with his arm almost parallel to the ground. Before he developed problems with the skin on his spinning finger, he was, in spite of his unorthodox action, able to generate sharp
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table for the four years between 1952 and 1955, had embarked on a renewal programme. Part of the programme involved a vigorous recruiting campaign, including an offer to McCool that saw him return to
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India toured Australia for the first time in 1947–48. McCool played in three Tests without much success, scoring only 46 runs and taking only four wickets. Nevertheless, he was selected as part of
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for every run he made that innings; this was at a time when ten pounds was the average weekly wage in Australia. The cheque—given to McCool the next day—allowed him to place a deposit on a house.
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Over the 1956/57 new year, McCool was one of a party of 12 cricketers, all but one of them Test players, who made a brief trip to India to play two first-class matches in celebration of the
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committed than he was. "Occasionally some of the younger pros didn't relish the way he treated them. Maybe they also resented that his salary was well in excess of their own."
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more often. For the rest of his career, McCool was troubled by the skin rubbing off his spinning finger. McCool and his fellow fringe members of the squad,
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recruited McCool where he was a success, especially as a middle-order batsman; he played five seasons and saw the club achieve its highest place in the
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wrote that his batting featured "wristy cuts" and "vigorous hooks", opining that there were "few better players of spin bowling on a difficult pitch".
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Delayed by the change to the rules, McCool had a five-year stint from 1956 in English county cricket. Somerset, having finished on the bottom of the
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in 1949–50 was followed by a lack of opportunity in the next two seasons, leading McCool to sign a contract to play professional cricket in the
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He played in the remaining two Tests, making 272 runs at an average of 54 and taking 18 wickets at just over 27 apiece. He took 5/44 in the
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referred to these players as the "Groundbowlers" in an appreciation of McCool for the 1959 testimonial year granted by Somerset.
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McCool with fellow members of the No. 33 Squadron at Laloki River, New Guinea circa 1943. McCool is in the front row, centre.
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After retirement from first-class cricket at the end of the 1960 season in England, McCool returned to Australia, taking up
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saw McCool make his maiden Test century, 104 not out in a drawn match. The Melbourne businessman and underworld figure,
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He was renowned for his catching, often spending an hour at a time practising catching a ball thrown into the side of a
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on his Ashes debut, scoring 95 and only bowling one over as Australia won the Test by an innings and 332 runs. In the
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Cricket Club before coming to the notice of the New South Wales selectors. He made his first-class début for
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The change to the rules was made by the Advisory County Cricket Committee at a meeting on 9 March 1954.
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off the bowling of Dooland, one of only two stumpings in his career as a very occasional wicketkeeper.
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competition, however he was not selected in the Test team against the touring English; nor against the
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of New South Wales. He continued playing club cricket in the Newcastle competition for Belmont until
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for his valuable services as an all-rounder and off the field, where his influence is most marked."
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instruction and ... sets down some genuine cricket wisdom with freshness and vitality".
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team that toured England in 1948 but injury saw him miss selection in any of the Test matches.
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Prior to the 1953 Australian team to tour England, McCool signed a professional contract with
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against "Rest of Australia" in March 1940, making 19 and 15 and taking one wicket. While the
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said that his slow and loopy leg spin was "a clever mixture of leg-breaks and googlies".
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Dorothy McCool's middle name is cited in the entry for Russel McCool in this directory:
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since 1892. He retired from cricket in 1960 and returned to Australia to work as a
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of the wicket. He was particularly good against spin bowling, even on difficult
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normally used to prepare the cricket pitch. Journalist and former team-mate
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Contemporary stats put the number of runs scored by McCool in 1956 at 1,966.
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on his third finger, used to impart spin on the ball. As a result, his
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A short man but with a strong build, as a batsman he was a vigorous
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competition at the end of the 1939–40 season, at the request of the
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John McMahon as the main spin bowler, with young off-spin bowler
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Colin McCool with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
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Laws, Ken (6 April 1986). "One of Bradman's invincibles dies".
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He married Dorothy Everlyn Yabsley in 1943 in Sydney. His son,
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at the same ground the following week. He just missed out on a
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Growing up with Cricket: Some Memories of a Sporting Education
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action and as a lower order batsman was regarded as effective
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qualities: but he had plenty of Australian determination."
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when he was discharged from the RAAF on 18 September 1945.
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Cricket's Colosseum: 125 Years of Test Cricket at the MCG
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Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: A History of Somerset Cricket
2260:(1959 ed.). John Wisden & Co. pp. 509–510. 2243:(1959 ed.). John Wisden & Co. pp. 601–602. 1875:"Test Bowling for Australia: India in Australia 1947/48" 432:(9 December 1916 – 5 April 1986) was an Australian 1407:"East Lancashire: Professionals: Lancashire League.com" 2400:(1993 ed.). Redcliffe Press, Bristol. p. 76. 2350:"First-Class Bowling in each Season by Brian Langford" 1690:
Cricket Controversy, Test matches in Australia 1946–47
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McCool enlisted on 12 September 1941 and served as a
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Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
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David and Charles. p. 172. 933:Colin McCool's Test career batting performances. 1435:Barclays World of Cricket: The game from A to Z 1401: 1399: 1050:McCool was the author of two books on cricket: 2605: 2059:"1954 Season Averages: Lancashire League.com" 2015:"1953 Season Averages: Lancashire League.com" 1632: 1630: 1628: 1437:(3rd ed.). London: Willow. p. 448. 850:reported that he was "very severe on and ". 8: 1380:Australian cricket: The Game and the Players 1018:teammate Arthur Morris at a function in 1979 777:He played in all five Tests on tour against 32: 2938:Australian expatriate cricketers in England 1532:The pictorial history of Australian cricket 1488: 1486: 1484: 1482: 912:signed off with 1,222 runs and 29 wickets. 2612: 2598: 2590: 2582: 2391: 2389: 2387: 1428: 1426: 1424: 1373: 1371: 1369: 1367: 1365: 809:, replacing fellow Australian leg spinner 476:with his second delivery. He was part of 31: 1981: 1979: 1977: 1975: 1973: 1971: 1969: 1433:Hill, Eric (1986). Swanton, E. W. (ed.). 1363: 1361: 1359: 1357: 1355: 1353: 1351: 1349: 1347: 1345: 884:Back in England in 1957 he was joined at 638:in 1945–46, making his Test début at the 2485:(1983 ed.). Cricketers' Who's Who ( 1465:. Melbourne: Hardie Grant. p. 150. 1456: 1454: 2371: 2369: 2367: 1341: 732:Australian team to tour England in 1948 680:Queensland against the English tourists 440:between 1946 and 1950. McCool, born in 2398:Somerset Cricket: A Post-War Who's Who 1956:Somerset County Cricket Club Year Book 951:always returned to his natural style. 1794: 1792: 1790: 1788: 1786: 577:of 52.00 and taking 24 wickets at an 533:. He played his childhood cricket on 7: 2978:Royal Australian Air Force officers 1034:with a specialty in rare blooms at 2973:English cricketers of 1946 to 1968 1054:, which was an autobiography, and 468:. He made his Test début against 25: 908:described as "a sporting pitch". 608:, McCool had reached the rank of 2844: 2164:"Australians in England, 1956". 1261: 1219: 1177: 1135: 541:and learnt to bowl from reading 40: 27:Australian cricketer (1916–1986) 2482:The Cricketers' Who's Who, 1983 674:travelled to Australia for the 2412:"Author Browse = McCool Colin" 758:, allowing Bradman to use his 1: 2396:David Foot and Ivan Ponting. 994:Personality and personal life 617:Toombul District Cricket Club 497:in 1953. Three years later, 1960:Somerset County Cricket Club 1692:, T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1948 1644:. 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McCool played his early 185:Domestic team information 162:29 March 1946 v  134:International information 2948:The Invincibles (cricket) 2918:Australia Test cricketers 2854: 2841: 2635: 2416:State Library of Victoria 1096: 1093: 1090: 521:As a child growing up in 413: 409: 240: 231: 192: 189: 180: 173:3 March 1950 v  155:Test debut (cap  39: 2968:North v South cricketers 1896:Bradman, Donald (1994). 946:. The cricket writer, 706:had promised McCool one 623:and was selected in the 563:Australian Cricket Board 511:Concord, New South Wales 97:Concord, New South Wales 2436:"Cricket Books, 1961". 1638:"Obituary–Colin McCool" 888:by another Australian, 700:Third Test at Melbourne 684:Brisbane Cricket Ground 625:Queensland cricket team 545:'s instructional book, 2963:Cricketers from Sydney 1530:Pollard, Jack (1986). 1378:Pollard, Jack (1988). 1084:Test match performance 1019: 934: 793:the following season. 666:The following season, 663: 589: 2958:Australian cricketers 2928:Queensland cricketers 1013: 932: 817:. The cricket writer 696:Second Test at Sydney 662:McCool on a 1948 card 661: 604:(RAAF). 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Index

Colin McCool with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948

Paddington, New South Wales
Concord, New South Wales
leg spin
All-rounder
Australia
166
New Zealand
South Africa
New South Wales
Queensland
Somerset
Test
First-class
Batting average
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5 wickets in innings
stumpings
CricketArchive
cricketer
Test matches
Paddington, New South Wales
all-rounder
leg spin
googlies
round arm
square of the wicket

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