Jack McLaughlin (cricketer)
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| Full name | John Joseph McLaughlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1930 Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949-50 to 1962-63 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Joseph "Jack" McLaughlin (born 18 February 1930)[1] is a former Australian first-class cricketer and a commentator who played for Queensland in 59 first-class matches between 1949 and 1963.[2][3]
Jack McLaughlin began his first-class career in 1949-50 as a cautious opening batsman, but after two seasons of only moderate success in Queensland's Sheffield Shield side he lost his place. He returned in 1956-57 as a stroke-playing middle-order batsman and outstanding fieldsman and remained in the side for several years.[4]
He made his two highest scores within a month in the 1957-58 season, both against South Australia: 136 in Adelaide, when he and Ray Reynolds added 243 for the second wicket, and 52 and 146 in Brisbane.[5] In Shield matches that season he made 615 runs at an average of 47.30.[6]
A very occasional bowler, he deliberately threw in a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales in 1959-60 in protest at what he considered the dubious bowling actions of some of the New South Wales players.[4] After he retired from first-class cricket he became a columnist for The Courier-Mail, a Queensland cricket selector from 1965-66 to 1975-76, and a coach.[4]
He also played baseball for Queensland.[7][8]
See also
- List of Queensland first-class cricketers
- List of cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia
References
- ^ "Queensland Cricket Archive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ Haigh, Gideon (2006). Silent Revolutions: Writings on Cricket History. Black Inc. ISBN 9781863953108.
- ^ a b c The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 356.
- ^ Wisden 1959, pp. 836–41.
- ^ Wisden 1959, p. 848.
- ^ "Rural Queensland gem for sale for the first time in 147 years - realestate.com.au". realestate.com.au. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ Gibbs, Barry (2001). My Cricket Journey. Wakefield Press. ISBN 9781862545694.
External links
- Jack McLaughlin at ESPNcricinfo
- Jack McLaughlin at CricketArchive (subscription required)