Famous Cricketers No 54 - Stan McCabe

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 9 0 491 112 54.55 1 5 4 Shield matches 1 2 0 107 68 53.50 - 1 - Other matches 4 7 0 358 93 51.14 - 3 3 Season 10 18 0 956 112 53.11 1 9 7 Career 132 186 18 8786 240 52.29 22 48 97 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Test matches 42 5 128 4 1-7 32.00 - - Other matches 21 4 69 3 2-15 23.00 - - Season (8-ball) 63 9 197 7 2-15 28.14 - - Career (6-ball) 977.5 226 } 4599 136 5-36 33.81 1 - (8-ball) 701.7 117 1937/38 With McCabe playing in six of the Sheffield Shield matches, he helped New South Wales to win the first of two shields under his captaincy. He started and finished the season in fine style, getting hundreds, again taking the Queensland attack apart with 119 in 149 minutes with 14 fours, 49 of them on a rain-affected wicket. The Sydney Morning Herald stated he was in “amazing touch”. Other hundreds included a chanceless 106 in 146 minutes against South Australia with 10 fours, and 122 for an Australian XI against Western Australia in 140 minutes, which contained 2 sixes and 15 fours. Another superb innings was a brisk 83 in 70 minutes for an Australia XI against Tasmania, it included 1 six and 12 fours, and he shared in a fourth wicket partnership of 113 with Bradman in only 50 minutes. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 133. New South Wales v Queensland, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, November 5, 6, 8, (9) (Match drawn) st D.Tallon b J.M.Govan 119 257 39-2 134. New South Wales v New Zealand XI, Sydney, November 19, 20, 22 (New South Wales won by eight wickets) b J.Cowie 12 274 195 2 b J.Cowie 0 136-2 214 135. V.Y.Richardson’s XI v D.G.Bradman’s XI, Adelaide, November 26, 27, (29), (30) (Match drawn) b L.C.Hynes 72 380 5 2 10 1 L.C.Hynes b 184 136. New South Wales v South Australia, Adelaide, December 17, 18, 20, 21 (New South Wales won by 33 runs) c C.V.Grimmett b M.G.Waite 106 337 217 c C.L.Badcock b C.V.Grimmett 10 104 2.1 0 9 1 M.G.Waite c W.A.S.Oldfield 191 137. New South Wales v Victoria, Melbourne, December 24, 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) run out 16 184 13 0 41 1 B.A.Barnett lbw 415 c and b W.E.Pearson 5 360 2 0 18 0 47-1 138. New South Wales v Queensland, Sydney, January 1, 3, 4 (New South Wales won by eight wickets) c D.Tallon b P.L.Dixon 6 241 3 0 8 0 206 2 did not bat - 99-2 5 0 16 2 W.A.Brown lbw 131 T.Allen c W.A.S.Oldfield 139. New South Wales v South Australia, Sydney, January 15, 17, 18, 19 (New South Wales won by four wickets) c R.A.Hamence b F.A.Ward 83 295 5 0 12 1 R.S.Whitington b 187 1 c D.G.Bradman b M.G.Waite 39 227-6 12 1 39 1 R.H.Robinson lbw 334 140. New South Wales v Victoria, Sydney, January 21, (22), 24, 25 (Match drawn) b E.L.McCormick 32 371 4 1 5 0 123 1 did not bat - 112-4d 1.1 0 4 1 W.E.Pearson c sub (E.E.Crossan) 143-5 23