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Courageous opener stood firm when chips were down


Courageous opener stood firm when chips were down
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February 4, 2021 — 1.44pm
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COLIN McDONALD 1928 - 2021
Australia’s consistent opening batsman Colin McDonald, who died last month aged 92, is remembered most for his sole resistance against England’s off-spinner Jim Laker in the July 1956 Old Trafford Test. McDonald had top-scored with 32 and 89 as Laker with incredibly mesmerising match figures of 19 wickets for 90 runs had routed Australia.
Australian and Victorian opener Colin McDonald gets among the runs at Bendigo on Dec 5, 1955.
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Not so well remembered is McDonald’s equally remarkable top scores of 53 and 34 in the Kanpur Test of December 1959 against India’s unorthodox off-spinner Jasu Patel who had captured 14 for 124. I had only listened to the commentary of the 1956 Old Trafford Test on ....

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Colin McDonald, gutsy opening batsman for the Australia team of the 1950s – obituary


Colin McDonald, gutsy opening batsman for the Australia team of the 1950s – obituary
While not supremely talented, he had the measure of bowling greats such as Wes Hall and Fred Trueman
30 January 2021 • 6:00am
Colin McDonald, right, comes out to bat for Australia against Worcestershire in 1961 with his teammate Bobby Simpson
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Colin McDonald, who has died aged 92, was a more than useful opening batsman for Australia from 1952 to 1961.
Always a battler, McDonald excelled in courage, facing the fiercest fast bowlers of his time – Wes Hall, Fred Trueman, Frank Tyson, Neil Adcock and Peter Heine – without flinching. In those times there were no helmets – and McDonald was the kind of batsman who preferred to be hit rather than surrender his wicket. ....

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