Richard McCarthy (cricketer)
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Richard Charles Arthur Marum McCarthy (born 21 December 1961, Geelong, Victoria
, Australia
) is a former Australian
cricket
er. McCarthy was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium
.
McCarthy made his first-class
debut for Victoria against Tasmania in the 1984/85 Sheffield Shield. From the 1984/85 season to the 1989/90 season, he represented Victoria in 11 first-class matches, the last of which came against Western Australia. In his eleven first-class matches, he scored 230 runs at a batting average
of 19.16, with a single half century high score of 61. In the field he took five catches.
It was for Victoria that McCarthy made his debut in List A cricket against an England XI in 1985. He played one further List A match for the State against Queensland in 1989.
In 2000, he played his first List A match in eleven years for the Yorkshire Cricket Board
against Huntingdonshire
in the 2000 NatWest Trophy
. He played one further match for the Board in the same competition against Yorkshire
. In his four List A matches, he scored six runs at an average of 2.00, with a high score of five. With the ball he took four wickets at an average of 43.00, with best figures of 2 for 46.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
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) is a former Australian
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cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. McCarthy was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
.
McCarthy made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Victoria against Tasmania in the 1984/85 Sheffield Shield. From the 1984/85 season to the 1989/90 season, he represented Victoria in 11 first-class matches, the last of which came against Western Australia. In his eleven first-class matches, he scored 230 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 19.16, with a single half century high score of 61. In the field he took five catches.
It was for Victoria that McCarthy made his debut in List A cricket against an England XI in 1985. He played one further List A match for the State against Queensland in 1989.
In 2000, he played his first List A match in eleven years for the Yorkshire Cricket Board
Yorkshire Cricket Board
The Yorkshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Yorkshire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...
against Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club
Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Huntingdonshire...
in the 2000 NatWest Trophy
2000 NatWest Trophy
The 2000 NatWest Trophy was the 20th and last NatWest Trophy before being renamed the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy for the 2001 version. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 2 May and 26 August 2000...
. He played one further match for the Board in the same competition against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
. In his four List A matches, he scored six runs at an average of 2.00, with a high score of five. With the ball he took four wickets at an average of 43.00, with best figures of 2 for 46.
External links
- Richard McCarthy at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Richard McCarthy at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...