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to become a decreasing consideration," says the history of
Somerset cricket. He also made 146 catches, many of them at first slip, where he stood "rather deeper than usual". His influence on Somerset's recovery from the trough of the early 1950s was considerable. A later Somerset history says: "Occasionally some of the younger pros didn't relish the way he treated them. Maybe they also resented that his salary was well in excess of their own. But their respect for his competitive approach and sheer experience was undeniable."
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conventions of
English cricket as it was then. There was a Somerset committee member, who liked and admired him, and would greet him with, 'Morning, McCool'. That committee member was seeking to be courteous. He would have thought it pompous to say 'Mr McCool', and impertinent to say 'Colin'. But it infuriated Colin. He thought it a reflection on his status. He would have preferred something like 'Hi, Col, you old bastard.' The worlds were too far apart."
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881:, but still finished as the leading scorer for the county with 1,678 runs in all matches, to go with 44 wickets. In the wet summer of 1958 Somerset finished third in the Championship, their highest position since 1892. McCool's contribution was 1,590 runs and 46 wickets at, for him, the low average of 23 runs each. In this season, McCool made his highest score for Somerset – 169 out of a total of 314 against
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at over thirty runs apiece might be counted disappointing. But with the bat McCool exceeded all expectations. He was one of the most consistent scorers in the country and he failed by only 34 to reach 2,000 runs in his first season of county cricket. McCool was the backbone of a mediocre batting side, and he never departed from his natural attacking style." Against the
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enjoyable to watch, compact, tidy, combining powerful hitting with delicate placing. In the best
Somerset tradition, he was always after the bowling, and in the best Australian tradition, he always relished a fight." But he also adapted his style to suit English pitches: in an early innings for Somerset, he was out trying to hook a ball from
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Somerset in 1959 after just three years with county and the circumstances were unusual enough for it to be remarked on in the county's Year Book, published in the winter before the season. "Although Colin McCool has played for the County for three seasons only, this Testimonial is a fitting reward
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Accounts of McCool in his
Somerset period portray him as a thoughtful but slightly aloof character. "Off the field he was a quiet man," wrote David Foot. He was "a contemplative pipe-smoker in the corner of the dressing room," says another account, and somewhat intolerant of others who appeared less
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also bowling more than McCool. When McMahon left, Langford took over as the top spin bowler, and by 1960 was bowling four times the number of overs that McCool took. But McCool had also lost some of his control at this stage: "He could do beguiling things with the ball, though length and line seemed
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In 138 matches across the five seasons for
Somerset, McCool made 7,913 runs at an average of 33.82. He also took 219 wickets at 28.05 but in his five years with the county he was never the first-choice spin bowler: in his first two seasons, Somerset used Australian-born slow left-arm orthodox bowler
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was in no doubt of McCool's influence: "Much of the credit for the all-round improvement went to one man – McCool," it wrote. "At the start of the season it was hoped that the former
Australian Test leg-break bowler would lend power and variety to the attack. From that viewpoint his 45 wickets
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said of McCool, " was almost unplayable on badly prepared pitches, so wide and sharp was the turn of his leg-breaks." and that he "made even State batsmen look inept". On the advice of coaches and ex-players, McCool attempted to alter his action to a more orthodox style on several occasions but
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In contrast to 1958, the 1959 season was hot and dry and McCool's figures improved: he made 1769 runs at an average of more than 40 runs per innings and took 64 first-class wickets, more than in any other
Somerset season. McCool's final season with Somerset before his retirement was 1960, and he
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During his time at
Somerset, he was known for " a match with his cracking strokes in an hour." Alan Gibson wrote: "We hardly think of him as a stylist, and he was mostly a back-foot player, getting the greater number of his runs in the segments fanning out from point and square-leg. But he was
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Alan Gibson wrote about him more volubly: "He thought about the game a lot. Many
Australian cricketers do, more than English cricketers probably, but McCool was in some ways an untypical Australian. He had a diffidence and gentleness, which do not always spring to mind as familiar Australian
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1962, said the first was "full of trenchant good sense, humour, anecdote and shrewd observation". The second book, Arlott wrote, was "to the best of this reviewer's knowledge, the first cricket book to be initially published in the modern paper-back format". It was, he added, "full of good
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Gibson wrote that McCool "did not quite come to terms with the West Country". He went on: "He missed the sunshine. 'There's no winter,' he said, 'and the beer's better. And the f------ off-spinners don't turn.' I think an additional reason was that he found some difficulty in accepting the
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said after McCool's death in 1986: "If Colin had played in the last 10 years, he would have been regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders ever in Australian cricket. He was a great batsman, a wonderful bowler and one of the best slips fieldsmen I have ever seen."
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forced him to retire from all forms of cricket aged 55: "Rheumatism in my right hand made it embarrassing for me to continue. It was alarming to an old pro like me who prided himself on length and directions to have the ball slip out of my fingers out of control."
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At Somerset, McCool was an instant success as a batsman, scoring 1,967 runs in his first season, including three centuries and a highest score of 141. After four seasons, Somerset came off the bottom of the County Championship (to 15th out of 17), and
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that season he made 90 and 116, the first innings 90 coming out of 139 in two-and-a-half hours and including 15 fours, the second innings century out of 167 in just 95 minutes, with four sixes and 14 fours.
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action, releasing the ball with his arm almost parallel to the ground. Before he developed problems with the skin on his spinning finger, he was, in spite of his unorthodox action, able to generate sharp
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table for the four years between 1952 and 1955, had embarked on a renewal programme. Part of the programme involved a vigorous recruiting campaign, including an offer to McCool that saw him return to
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India toured Australia for the first time in 1947–48. McCool played in three Tests without much success, scoring only 46 runs and taking only four wickets. Nevertheless, he was selected as part of
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for every run he made that innings; this was at a time when ten pounds was the average weekly wage in Australia. The cheque—given to McCool the next day—allowed him to place a deposit on a house.
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Over the 1956/57 new year, McCool was one of a party of 12 cricketers, all but one of them Test players, who made a brief trip to India to play two first-class matches in celebration of the
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committed than he was. "Occasionally some of the younger pros didn't relish the way he treated them. Maybe they also resented that his salary was well in excess of their own."
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more often. For the rest of his career, McCool was troubled by the skin rubbing off his spinning finger. McCool and his fellow fringe members of the squad,
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recruited McCool where he was a success, especially as a middle-order batsman; he played five seasons and saw the club achieve its highest place in the
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wrote that his batting featured "wristy cuts" and "vigorous hooks", opining that there were "few better players of spin bowling on a difficult pitch".
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Delayed by the change to the rules, McCool had a five-year stint from 1956 in English county cricket. Somerset, having finished on the bottom of the
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in 1949–50 was followed by a lack of opportunity in the next two seasons, leading McCool to sign a contract to play professional cricket in the
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referred to these players as the "Groundbowlers" in an appreciation of McCool for the 1959 testimonial year granted by Somerset.
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McCool with fellow members of the No. 33 Squadron at Laloki River, New Guinea circa 1943. McCool is in the front row, centre.
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After retirement from first-class cricket at the end of the 1960 season in England, McCool returned to Australia, taking up
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He was renowned for his catching, often spending an hour at a time practising catching a ball thrown into the side of a
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Cricket Club before coming to the notice of the New South Wales selectors. He made his first-class début for
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off the bowling of Dooland, one of only two stumpings in his career as a very occasional wicketkeeper.
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competition, however he was not selected in the Test team against the touring English; nor against the
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of New South Wales. He continued playing club cricket in the Newcastle competition for Belmont until
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for his valuable services as an all-rounder and off the field, where his influence is most marked."
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instruction and ... sets down some genuine cricket wisdom with freshness and vitality".
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team that toured England in 1948 but injury saw him miss selection in any of the Test matches.
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Prior to the 1953 Australian team to tour England, McCool signed a professional contract with
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against "Rest of Australia" in March 1940, making 19 and 15 and taking one wicket. While the
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said that his slow and loopy leg spin was "a clever mixture of leg-breaks and googlies".
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Dorothy McCool's middle name is cited in the entry for Russel McCool in this directory:
1798:"Test Batting and Fielding for Australia: Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1946/47"
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since 1892. He retired from cricket in 1960 and returned to Australia to work as a
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of the wicket. He was particularly good against spin bowling, even on difficult
1943:"Colin McCool's Testimonial Year—1959: An Appreciation by Sir Donald Bradman".
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1758:"Australia v England: Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1946/47 (3rd Test)"
1736:"Australia v England: Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1946/47 (2nd Test)"
1714:"Australia v England: Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1946/47 (1st Test)"
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normally used to prepare the cricket pitch. Journalist and former team-mate
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Contemporary stats put the number of runs scored by McCool in 1956 at 1,966.
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770:. He took 51 wickets in all matches, including 5/41 in the Second Test at
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1820:"Test Bowling for Australia: Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1946/47"
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2537:"Statsguru — CL McCool — Test Bowling — Bowling analysis"
2512:"Statsguru — CL McCool — Test matches — Batting analysis"
2092:"First-class Batting and Fielding in England for 1956 (Ordered by Runs)"
1498:"New South Wales v Rest of Australia :Other First-Class matches 1939/40"
862:. McCool did not play in the first match and in the second, he replaced
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1653:"New Zealand v Australia :Australia in New Zealand 1945/46 (Only Test)"
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on his third finger, used to impart spin on the ball. As a result, his
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1842:"Test Batting and Fielding for Australia: India in Australia 1947/48"
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A short man but with a strong build, as a batsman he was a vigorous
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competition at the end of the 1939–40 season, at the request of the
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1545:"First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Colin McCool"
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John McMahon as the main spin bowler, with young off-spin bowler
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Laws, Ken (6 April 1986). "One of Bradman's invincibles dies".
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He married Dorothy Everlyn Yabsley in 1943 in Sydney. His son,
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at the same ground the following week. He just missed out on a
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Growing up with Cricket: Some Memories of a Sporting Education
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action and as a lower order batsman was regarded as effective
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1982:(1985 ed.). George Allen & Unwin. pp. 59–62.
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qualities: but he had plenty of Australian determination."
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when he was discharged from the RAAF on 18 September 1945.
2443:"New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages"
2431:(1962 ed.). John Wisden & Co. pp. 1040–1044.
2171:"Cricket Club of India President's XI v C. G. Howard's XI"
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Cricket's Colosseum: 125 Years of Test Cricket at the MCG
774:. In 1950–51, McCool was the leading wicket taker in the
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Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: A History of Somerset Cricket
2249:(1959 ed.). John Wisden & Co. pp. 509–510.
2232:(1959 ed.). John Wisden & Co. pp. 601–602.
1864:"Test Bowling for Australia: India in Australia 1947/48"
421:(9 December 1916 – 5 April 1986) was an Australian
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1396:"East Lancashire: Professionals: Lancashire League.com"
2389:(1993 ed.). Redcliffe Press, Bristol. p. 76.
2339:"First-Class Bowling in each Season by Brian Langford"
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Cricket Controversy, Test matches in Australia 1946–47
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1523:(revised ed.). Melbourne: JM Dent. p. 270.
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McCool enlisted on 12 September 1941 and served as a
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Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
2317:"First-Class Bowling in each Season by John McMahon"
2026:"East Lancashire Cricket Club Records: Team Records"
1567:"First-class Bowling in Each Season by Colin McCool"
2283:(1961 ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 534.
2266:(1960 ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 536.
2215:(1959 ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 511.
2198:(1958 ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 523.
2159:(1957 ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 252.
2132:"Somerset v Australians: Australia in England 1956"
2119:(1957 ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 513.
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2295:"First-Class Matches played by Colin McCool (251)"
1631:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack — online archive
1598:. Commonwealth of Australia. 2002. Archived from
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2369:(1986 ed.). David and Charles. p. 172.
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922:Colin McCool's Test career batting performances.
1424:Barclays World of Cricket: The game from A to Z
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2048:"1954 Season Averages: Lancashire League.com"
2004:"1953 Season Averages: Lancashire League.com"
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1426:(3rd ed.). London: Willow. p. 448.
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1369:Australian cricket: The Game and the Players
1007:teammate Arthur Morris at a function in 1979
766:He played in all five Tests on tour against
2927:Australian expatriate cricketers in England
1521:The pictorial history of Australian cricket
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2387:Somerset Cricket: A Post-War Who's Who
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1945:Somerset County Cricket Club Year Book
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2153:"Australians in England, 1956".
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16:Australian cricketer (1916–1986)
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983:Personality and personal life
606:Toombul District Cricket Club
486:in 1953. Three years later,
1949:Somerset County Cricket Club
1681:, T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1948
1633:. John Wisden & Co. 1987
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1045:The Best Way to Play Cricket
893:wickets for 74 runs on what
488:Somerset County Cricket Club
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2428:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
2280:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
2263:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
2246:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
2243:"Nottinghamshire in 1958".
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2212:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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2116:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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604:After the war, he moved to
431:Paddington, New South Wales
67:Paddington, New South Wales
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2932:Commonwealth XI cricketers
2912:New South Wales cricketers
2226:"Worcestershire in 1958".
1047:, both published in 1961.
848:Bengal Cricket Association
591:Royal Australian Air Force
538:. McCool played his early
174:Domestic team information
151:29 March 1946 v
123:International information
2937:The Invincibles (cricket)
2907:Australia Test cricketers
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612:and was selected in the
552:Australian Cricket Board
500:Concord, New South Wales
86:Concord, New South Wales
2425:"Cricket Books, 1961".
1627:"Obituary–Colin McCool"
877:by another Australian,
689:Third Test at Melbourne
673:Brisbane Cricket Ground
614:Queensland cricket team
534:'s instructional book,
2952:Cricketers from Sydney
1519:Pollard, Jack (1986).
1367:Pollard, Jack (1988).
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685:Second Test at Sydney
651:McCool on a 1948 card
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593:(RAAF). Stationed in
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560:Australian government
2277:"Somerset in 1960".
2260:"Somerset in 1959".
2209:"Somerset in 1958".
2192:"Somerset in 1957".
2113:"Somerset in 1956".
2070:"Meetings in 1954".
1947:(1958–59 ed.).
1450:Piesse, Ken (2003).
1051:, reviewing them in
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665:1946–47 Ashes series
661:England cricket team
451:square of the wicket
347:5 wickets in innings
38:Personal information
2922:Somerset cricketers
1915:The Daily Telegraph
1887:Farewell to Cricket
1011:McCool was given a
1003:McCool (left) with
832:touring Australians
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419:Colin Leslie McCool
359:10 wickets in match
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