Cuan McCarthy

Cricket Player

1929 – 2000

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Who was Cuan McCarthy?

Cuan Neil McCarthy was a South African cricketer who played in fifteen Tests from 1948 to 1951.

One of five children born to Victor and Phyllis McCarthy, he grew up on "Glenaholm", a citrus and poultry farm just out of Pietermaritzburg, where his mother bred a famous line of Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs. He received his secondary education at Maritzburg College.

Cuan McCarthy was included in the national side for the first time at the age of 19. A bowler of genuine pace who could command a deadly off-cutter, he opened the bowling for South Africa in his 15 Tests, spanning 1948 to 1951. He was no batsman and stands as one of the few cricketers who have taken more wickets than they scored runs: up to the end of 1951 his highest score in forty-five first-class games was only seven. On a pitch freshened by a sharp shower he produced his best bowling figures in his debut Test against the touring English team on his home turf at Kingsmead, taking six wickets for 43 runs in the second innings. In later games it was thought that he too often pitched short when he would have been deadly bowling to a much fuller length. This tendency was seen at its worst in the 1951 tour of England, especially on an extremely difficult pitch at Old Trafford.

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Born
Mar 24, 1929
Nationality
  • South Africa
Died
2000

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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