death_date columns catches/stumpings year hidedeliveries birth_date country death_place club batting name fullname birth_place column role source date runs s/s matches article_title
4 september 1995 -lrb- aged 51 -rrb- 2 80/3 3/0 1973 -- 1980 2013 true 7 july 1944 australia port augusta , south australia , australia border left-handed donald mckenna donald charles mckenna jarrahdale , western australia , australia fc la wicket-keeper http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/3/3327/3327.html cricketarchive 7 july 1944 1754 55 1/9 0/0 35 5 donald mckenna -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

donald mckenna -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

donald charles mckenna -lrb- 7 july 1944 -- 4 september 1995 -rrb- was an australian cricketer who played south african domestic matches for border from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s .
born in perth , western australia , it is unclear exactly when mckenna left australia for south africa , although he made his debut for border in the 1973 -- 74 season of the currie cup .
usually playing as a wicket-keeper , he instead began for border as a middle-order batsman , with the wicket-keeping position held by charles pope .
however , for the 1974 -- 75 season mckenna took over the keeping role for the full season .
during the season , he also scored his first -lrb- and only -rrb- first-class century , against orange free state .
in the match , border had been dismissed for 104 in its first innings , and were 27/4 in the second innings when mckenna entered .
he proceeded to score 129 not out from his team 's total of 237 runs , putting on partnerships of 70 runs with christopher davies for the eighth wicket and 108 runs with gregory haynes for the ninth wicket .
however , border still lost the match by eight wickets .
mckenna remained border 's first-choice wicket-keeper for the following few seasons , including in matches in the limited-overs competition .
from the 1977 -- 78 season onwards , border played in the newly created castle bowl , effectively the second division of the main currie cup .
the following season , mckenna only played two matches , with the position of wicket-keeper again occupied by charles pope .
he did go on to play as keeper in each of border 's matches in the 1979 -- 80 season , which were to be his last at first-class level .
having been a steady middle-order batsman for most of his career , mckenna finished his 35-match first-class career with 1,754 runs at an average of 29.72 , also taking 80 catches and three stumpings .
mckenna returned to australia in august 1980 , dying in port augusta , south australia , in september 1995 , aged 51 .
