Russel John McCool (born 4 December 1959 at Taunton, Somerset, England) is 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 | 4 December 1959 Taunton, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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, Russel 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 edit
- ^ "Russel McCool". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ Cricketers' Who's Who (1983 ed.). Cricketers' Who's Who/Iain Sproat. p. 278.
- ^ "Derbyshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship 1982 and Second Eleven Championship 1982". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1983 ed.). John Wisden & Co. pp. 865 and 880.