testdebutagainst deliveries death_date columns testcap catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting image name lasttestyear fullname birth_place column international role testdebutdate lasttestagainst source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
new zealand balls 2,504 35,227 5 april 1986 2 166 14 / -- 263/2 1939/40 1946 -- 1940/41 1945/46 -- 1952/53 1956 -- 1960 9 december 1916 right-arm leg spin & nbsp ; -- 2 australia concord , new south wales , australia new south wales queensland somerset 3 34 right-hand batsman colinmccool.jpg colin mccool 1950 colin leslie mccool paddington , new south wales , australia tests first-class true all-rounder 29 march south africa http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/0/738/738.html cricketarchive 1916 12 9 yes 459 12,421 1946 36 602 3 march 1/1 18/66 14 251 colin mccool

colin mccool

colin leslie mccool -lrb- 9 december 1916 -- 5 april 1986 -rrb- was an australian cricketer who played in 14 tests from 1946 to 1950 .
mccool , born in paddington , new south wales , was an all-rounder who bowled leg spin and googlies with a round arm action and as a lower order batsman was regarded as effective square of the wicket and against spin bowling .
he made his test début against new zealand in 1946 , taking a wicket with his second delivery .
he was part of donald bradman 's `` invincibles '' team that toured england in 1948 but injury saw him miss selection in any of the test matches .
a good tour of south africa in 1949 -- 50 was followed by a lack of opportunity in the next two seasons , leading mccool to sign a contract to play professional cricket in the lancashire league in 1953 .
three years later , somerset county cricket club recruited mccool where he was a success , especially as a middle-order batsman ; he played five seasons and saw the club achieve its highest place in the county championship since 1892 .
he retired from cricket in 1960 and returned to australia to work as a market gardener .
he died in concord , new south wales on 5 april 1986 .
