Michael Clark (sportsman)

Michael Wayne Clark (born 31 March 1978) is an Australian former cricketer and Australian rules footballer.

Not to be confused with Michael Clarke (cricketer).
This article is about the cricketer and footballer. For the Melbourne Football Club player, see Michael Clark (Australian footballer). For other people named Michael Clark, see Michael Clark (disambiguation).

Michael Clark
Personal information
Full name Michael Wayne Clark
Date of birth (1978-03-31) 31 March 1978
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s) Swan Districts (WAFL)
Draft

Fremantle: Zone selection, 1995

Collingwood: 88th overall, 1999
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1996–1999 Fremantle 1 (0)
2000 Collingwood 0 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02–2005/06Western Australia
2003Warwickshire
List A debut16 January 2002 Western Australia v Victoria
Last List A4 November 2005 West Australia v New South Wales
First-class debut18 January 2002 Western Australia v Victoria
Last First-class17 October 2004 Western Australia v Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 17 12
Runs scored 139 58
Batting average 10.69 29.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 26 27
Balls bowled 2,904 593
Wickets 49 17
Bowling average 28.71 30.58
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/47 3/34
Catches/stumpings 10/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 October 2008

Football career

Clark had shoulder problems when he played with Swan Districts in 1996, and in 1997 required a knee reconstruction.

The son of former Australian Test cricketer Wayne Clark, he pursued a career in the Australian Football League with the Fremantle Dockers. Drafted in the 1997 AFL Draft, he played only 1 game with the Dockers in 1999. He was delisted at the end of that year to be re-drafted by the Collingwood Football Club in the 1999 AFL Draft, but did not manage a senior game with the club, being delisted during the 2000 season after fracturing his fibula.[1]

Cricket career

He made his debut with Western Australia in the 2000–2001 season, and after chronic back-injury problems, announced his retirement from cricket in February 2006.[2]

References
  1. Lovett, Michael, ed. (2001). AFL 2001 The Official Statistical History of the AFL. Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Football League. p. 78. ISBN 0-9585286-7-5.
  2. Michael Clark forced to retire; Cricinfo; 17 February 2006
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