Russ McCool
Russell John McCool (born 4 December 1959 at Taunton, Somerset, England) was an Australian cricketer who, by dint of his birthplace, played one first-class match for Somerset in 1982.[1]
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Full name | Russel John McCool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taunton, Somerset, England | 4 December 1959||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg-break and googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1982 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 December 2015 |
McCool was the son of the Australian Test all-rounder Colin McCool and his wife Dorothy. He was born while his father was engaged as a professional cricketer for Somerset, but brought up in Australia where he attended schools in Woy Woy, New South Wales.[2]
A leg-spin bowler and a right-handed lower order batsman, Russ McCool played for New South Wales Colts from the 1980-81 season. But his only first-class experience came in a single season, 1982, that he spent with Somerset, qualifying by birth. In his single match for the first team against Derbyshire at Derby, he made 7 and 12 batting at No 10, took one catch, but failed to take a wicket with his bowling.[3] He played fairly regularly for Somerset's Second Eleven in the Second Eleven Championship and the Minor Counties, taking 30 wickets in the season.[4] He suffered an injury at the end of the season and had to stop playing and return to Australia.
References
- "Russ McCool". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
- Cricketers' Who's Who (1983 ed.). Cricketers' Who's Who/Iain Sproat. p. 278.
- "Derbyshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- "Minor Counties Championship 1982 and Second Eleven Championship 1982". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1983 ed.). John Wisden & Co. pp. 865 and 880.