Hugh Conn McCall, usually known by his middle name (29 March 1940 in Holywood

Holywood

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, County Down, Northern Ireland – 7 June 2002 in Bangor, County Down

Bangor, County Down

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) was an Irish cricketer

Cricketer

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. A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin

Left-arm orthodox spin

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 bowler, he played 15 times for the Ireland cricket team in the 1960s including seven first-class matches

First-class cricket

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. His son Mark

Mark McCall

Mark McCall is an Irish former rugby union player and former coach of Ulster. He played 13 times for the Ireland national rugby union team, making his debut against New Zealand on 30 May 1992 as a substitute...

 played rugby union

Rugby union

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 for Ireland

Ireland national rugby union team

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.

Cricket career

Conn McCall was scheduled to make his debut for Ireland in their annual match against Scotland in 1964, but the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. He finally made his debut a few days later, playing against the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 in a first-class match. His first match in 1965 was also against the MCC, at Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground

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, and he also played against New Zealand, Scotland and Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 that year.

He played three times in 1966, against Scotland, the MCC and Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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, and four times in 1967, including a match against India. His final year in the Irish side was in 1968, playing twice against Australia before finishing his career as it should have started, playing against Scotland in a first-class match. He later served as an Irish selector in the early 1980s and as president of the Irish Cricket Union

Irish Cricket Union

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 in 1992.

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, he scored 541 runs

Run (cricket)

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 at an average of 20.04, with a top score of 81 against the MCC in his debut match, one of three half-century

Century (cricket)

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for Ireland. He bowled just one delivery, conceding the winning single against New Zealand in 1965.