december april australian cricketer played tests born new south wales bowled leg spin round arm action lower order batsman regarded effective square wicket spin bowling test début new_zealand taking wicket second delivery team toured england injury saw miss selection test matches good tour south_africa followed lack opportunity seasons leading sign contract play professional cricket years later recruited success especially middle order batsman played seasons saw club achieve highest place retired cricket returned australia work market died concord new_south_wales april early career child growing attended earlier students included victor noble played childhood cricket concrete wickets learnt bowl reading book getting wickets played early grade cricket coming notice new_south_wales class début new_south_wales rest australia march making taking wicket suspended competition end season request australian government series matches arranged raise money wartime charities following season played matches new_south_wales scoring runs average taking wickets average enlisted september served pilot officer squadron royal_australian_air_force raaf stationed new_guinea reached rank flight lieutenant discharged raaf september war moved brisbane selected queensland cricket team playing queensland formed formidable partnership wicket keeper selected australian team tour new_zealand making test début basin reserve wellington seven runs australia innings took wicket second ball test cricket man dismissed test test player following season england cricket team travelled australia ashes series warm match series performed queensland english tourists taking wickets english batsmen like rabbits fascinated presence snake selected test ground following week missed century ashes debut scoring bowling australia won test innings runs second test sydney took wickets including prize wicket hammond twice australia won innings runs test melbourne saw maiden test century drawn match melbourne businessman underworld figure promised pound run innings time pounds average weekly wage australia given day allowed place deposit house played remaining tests making runs average taking wickets apiece took fifth test wrote batting featured cuts vigorous hooks opining better players spin bowling difficult pitch said slow leg spin clever mixture leg breaks india toured australia time played tests success scoring runs taking wickets selected australian team tour england known took wickets tour bowling long periods caused continually tear finger spin ball result captain felt compelled leave test matches feeling finger able handle necessarily long bowling spells decision aided existing rule allowing new ball overs allowing use fast rest career troubled skin spinning finger fellow fringe members squad refer ground staff unlikely tour include test team tour cricket writer knew later cricket career somerset wrote omission distressed greatly time philosophical later played tests tour south_africa took wickets matches including second test leading wicket competition selected test team touring english west_indies following season english cricket prior australian team tour england signed professional contract team replacing fellow australian leg spinner season league leading wicket wickets low average runs wicket runs average following year played runs came better average wickets cost apiece finished second championship times previous seasons finished 10th return season contracted play county cricket somerset cricket writer knew wrote decision come extension qualifying period overseas kept waiting longer delayed change rules year stint english county cricket somerset having finished county championship table years embarked renewal programme programme involved vigorous recruiting campaign including offer saw return class cricket age somerset instant success batsman scoring runs season including centuries highest score seasons somerset came 15th doubt influence credit round improvement went man wrote start season hoped australian test leg break bowler lend power variety attack viewpoint wickets thirty runs apiece counted disappointing bat exceeded expectations consistent country failed reach runs season county cricket backbone mediocre batting departed natural attacking style touring australians season innings coming half hours including second innings century minutes reported severe new year party test players brief trip india play class matches celebration silver jubilee raised lancashire secretary play match second replaced team taken ill game bat bowling career occasional england joined australian finished leading scorer county runs matches wickets wet summer somerset finished championship highest position contribution runs wickets low average runs season highest score somerset total match season produced best bowling figures career taking second innings wickets runs described sporting pitch contrast season hot dry figures improved runs average runs innings took class wickets somerset season final season somerset retirement signed runs wickets matches seasons somerset runs average took wickets years county choice spin bowler seasons somerset australian born slow left arm orthodox bowler main spin bowler young spin bowler bowling mcmahon left took spin bowler bowling times number overs took lost control stage things ball length line decreasing consideration says history somerset cricket catches slip stood deeper usual influence somerset recovery trough early 1950s considerable later somerset history says occasionally younger didn way treated maybe resented salary excess respect competitive approach sheer experience playing style round arm bowling action releasing ball arm parallel ground developed problems skin spinning finger spite unorthodox action able generate sharp spin cricket writer said badly prepared pitches wide sharp turn leg breaks state class batsmen look advice coaches players attempted alter action orthodox style occasions returned natural style short man strong build batsman vigorous cutter scoring square wicket particularly good spin bowling difficult pitches time somerset known turning match cracking strokes hour wrote hardly think stylist foot player getting greater number runs segments point square leg enjoyable watch compact combining powerful hitting delicate placing best somerset tradition bowling best australian tradition fight adapted style suit english pitches early innings somerset trying hook ball hook decided stroke english pitches constantly technique season spotted flaw method held somerset batting previous experience equipped task holding losing damp english summer renowned catching spending hour time practising catching ball thrown roller normally prepare cricket pitch journalist team mate said death played years regarded greatest australian cricket great batsman wonderful bowler best slips seen personality personal life accounts somerset period portray thoughtful slightly character field quiet man wrote pipe corner dressing room says account somewhat appeared committed occasionally younger didn way treated maybe resented salary excess wrote thought game lot australian english probably ways australian spring mind familiar australian qualities plenty australian determination gibson wrote come terms west country went missed sunshine winter said beer better don turn think additional reason found difficulty accepting conventions english cricket somerset committee member liked admired greet morning committee member seeking thought infuriated thought reflection status preferred like col old worlds far apart given season somerset years county circumstances unusual remarked county year book published winter season played county seasons fitting reward valuable services field influence marked retirement class cricket end season england returned australia taking market specialty rare continued playing club cricket newcastle competition forced retire forms cricket aged right hand embarrassing continue old pro like length directions ball slip fingers control author books cricket cricket game autobiography best way play cricket published reviewing said good sense humour observation second book wrote best reviewer knowledge cricket book initially published modern paper format added good instruction sets genuine cricket wisdom married sydney son born played class match somerset addition playing new south wales country test match performance
Colin McCool