Famous Cricketers No 54 - Stan McCabe

141. S.J.McCabe’s XI v K.E.Rigg’s XI, Sydney, February 18, 19 (S.J.McCabe’s XI won by three wickets) b L.J.O’Brien 11 198 257 1 c E.C.S.White b C.V.Grimmett 4 208-7 148 1 142. Australian XI v Tasmania, Launceston, February 26, 28, March 1 (Australian XI won by 386 runs) st J.Gardiner b D.H.Thollar 83 477 4 1 17 0 112 1 did not bat - 172-4d 4 1 6 0 151 3 143. Australian XI v Western Australia, Perth, March 18, 19, 21 (Australian XI won by an innings and 126 runs) c W.T.Rowlands b R.A.Halcombe 122 391 3 1 3 0 192 3 1 9 0 73 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Shield matches 6 9 0 416 119 46.22 2 1 4 Other matches 5 6 0 304 122 50.66 1 2 8 Season 11 16 0 720 122 45.00 3 3 12 Career 143 202 18 9506 240 51.66 25 51 109 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5wi 10wm Shield matches 47.2 2 152 7 2-16 21.72 - - Other matches 19 6 45 1 1-10 45.00 - - Season (8-ball) 66.2 8 197 8 2-16 24.62 - - Career (6-ball) 977.5 351 } 4796 144 5-36 33.30 1 - (8-ball) 768.1 125 1938 - Australians in England On the whole this was a disappointing tour for McCabe who was again vice captain, even though it provided him with one of his most splendid triumphs, being the third of his great innings. It was played at Trent Bridge, where Australia had to follow an England score of 658-8 declared, which was the highest by England in a Australia/England Test, it only lasted three Tests before they scored the then record 903-7 declared. Coming in at 111-2 to play out the day, McCabe square-cut his first ball for four off Sinfield. He set about the bowling on the third day, reaching his hundred before lunch in 84 minutes with 1 six and 12 fours, and 133 had been scored while he was in. Wickets fell about him and when Australia were 263-7 McCabe took full control, manipulating the strike to protect his partners. He scored 127 in 80 minutes between lunch and tea, going from 105 not out to 232, the second most runs for a single session, behind Bradman’s 130. Bringing up his 200 with a pull shot for four off Wright, whom he had taken for 16 in an over only minutes before, he moved from 150 to 202 in just 24 minutes. It had taken 223 minutes which was the second fastest Test Match double century, behind Bradman’s 214-minute 334 in 1930. At 334-9 the last man, Fleetwood-Smith, came in to bat and in the next 28 minutes the pair added 77 runs, 72 had come fromMcCabe which included 16 fours and taking the strike in eight out of the last ten overs. 232 out of 300 runs were scored while McCabe was at the wicket, a total of 77.33 per cent. His innings lasted 235 minutes off 277 balls with 1 six (hooked off Farnes), 34 fours, 4 threes, 19 twos and 40 singles, a total of 142 in boundaries. 213 runs had come during the day. This was the ninth highest for the most runs in a day. The 232 is a record score by an Australian in a Test match at Trent Bridge and is only second to MacCartney’s 345 in 1921, in all matches played by an Australian at the ground. At the time it was the ninth best by an Australian, seven of them were by Bradman, with Ponsford getting the other. It only ended when, trying to hit Verity out of the ground, he was caught by Compton at cover. But it was not enough to save Australia having to follow on. The major surprise was that Verity only had 7 overs, which was surely a tactical error by Hammond, the England captain. England by now had lost control of the game and Australia managed to escape the match with a draw. In this chanceless innings Bradman summoned the players (many of them playing cards) to “come and look at this, you’ll never see anything like it again”. When McCabe returned to the Pavilion, Bradman on shaking his hand said, “I would give a great deal to be able to play an innings like that, Stan.” Bradman still believes it to be the 24