Famous Cricketers No 54 - Stan McCabe

1933/34 McCabe only played in one Sheffield Shield match as he was struck down with appendicitis before the South Australia game. It restricted him to just five appearances, but he did accrue two centuries: one before the injury for New South Wales against The Rest, being 110 in 172 minutes with 14 fours, and one just after with an excellent 119 for an Australian XI against Tasmania, which was a testimonial game for Blackie and Ironmonger. This innings contained 17 fours in 97 minutes. McCabe was unable to bowl after his operation for the last couple of games. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 76. New South Wales v Queensland, Woollongabba, Brisbane, November 3, 4, (6), 7 (New South Wales won by an innings and 171 runs) c F.C.Thompson b R.K.Oxenham 20 494-4d 13 2 33 2 R.M.Levy b 183 W.C.Andrews lbw 13 1 30 0 140 1 77. W.M.Woodfull’s XI v V.Y.Richardson’s XI, Melbourne, November (17), 18, 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) b H.I.Ebeling 82 350 14 1 51 1 J.H.W.Fingleton lbw 491-8d 11 3 25 1 K.E.Rigg b 169-4 78. New South Wales v The Rest, Sydney, November 24, 25, 27, 28 (The Rest won by two wickets) c C.W.Walker b L.S.Darling 110 273 15 2 46 1 P.K.Lee c W.A.S.Oldfield 255 st C.W.Walker b H.C.Chilvers 8 390-4d 15 1 49 1 W.H.Ponsford c W.A.S.Oldfield 409-8 79. Australian XI v Tasmania, Launceston, March 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c R.A.Ferrall b G.T.H.James 119 537 345 214-8 80. Australian XI v Tasmania, Hobart, March 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c R.A.Ferrall b G.T.H.James 27 501 338 1 124-8 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Shield matches 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 - - 1 Other matches 4 5 0 346 119 69.20 2 1 2 Season 5 6 0 366 119 61.00 2 1 3 Career 80 111 8 4778 229* 46.38 9 29 63 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Shield matches 26 3 63 2 2-33 31.50 - - Other matches 55 7 171 4 1-25 42.75 - - Season (8-ball) 81 10 234 6 2-33 39.00 - - Career (6-ball) 522.2 121 } 3155 101 5-36 31.23 1 - (8-ball) 610.7 102 1934 – Australians in England Although Bradman dominated the English bowling again, McCabe scored more runs on the tour, his total of 2078 was 58 more than Bradman and the highest by any Australian, he also had most centuries with eight, 240 against Surrey being the best. This was the highest score of his career, which took 5½ hours and contained 30 fours, he had some luck as he was dropped a few times. McCabe started the tour in fine form, scoring 700 runs in May, which included 192 against M.C.C. at Lord’s, sharing in a 272-minute world record third-wicket partnership of 389 with Ponsford, it beat 375 by J.T.Hearne and E.H.Hendren for Middlesex against Hampshire in 1923, and lasted until W.N.Carson and P.E.Whitelaw put on 445 for Auckland against Otago in 1936. As an Australian record it lasted until 16