Richard McCarthy (cricketer)
Richard Charles Arthur Marum McCarthy (born 21 December 1961, in Geelong, Victoria, Australia) is a former Australian cricketer. McCarthy was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
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Full name | Richard Charles Arthur Marum McCarthy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | 21 December 1961|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2000 | Yorkshire Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984/85-1989/90 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 November 2010 |
McCarthy made his first-class debut for Victoria against Tasmania in the 1984–85 Sheffield Shield. From the 1984–85 season to the 1989–90 season, he represented Victoria in 11 first-class matches, the last of which came against Western Australia.[1] In his eleven first-class matches, he scored 230 runs at a batting average of 19.16, with a single half century high score of 61. In the field he took five catches.[2]
It was for Victoria that McCarthy made his debut in List A cricket against an England XI in 1985. He played one further List A match for the State against Queensland in 1989.
In 2000, he played his first List A match in eleven years for the Yorkshire Cricket Board against Huntingdonshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. He played one further match for the Board in the same competition against Yorkshire.[3] In his four List A matches, he scored six runs at an average of 2.00, with a high score of five. With the ball he took four wickets at an average of 43.00, with best figures of 2 for 46.
References
External links
- Richard McCarthy at Cricinfo
- Richard McCarthy at CricketArchive