Richard Charles Arthur Marum McCarthy (born 21 December 1961, in
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...
,
Victoria,
Australia
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) is a former
Australian cricket
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er. McCarthy was a right-handed
batsman who bowled right-arm
fast-medium.
McCarthy made his
first-class debut for
Victoria against
Tasmania in the 1984–85
Sheffield Shield. From the 1984–85 season to the 1989–90 season, he represented Victoria in 11 first-class matches, the last of which came against
Western Australia. In his eleven first-class matches, he scored 230 runs at a
batting average of 19.16, with a single
half century high score of 61. In the field he took five
catches.
It was for Victoria that McCarthy made his debut in
List A cricket against an
England XI in 1985. He played one further List A match for the State against
Queensland in 1989.
In 2000, he played his first List A match in eleven years for the
Yorkshire Cricket Board against
Huntingdonshire in the
2000 NatWest Trophy
The 2000 NatWest Trophy was the 20th and last NatWest Trophy before being renamed as the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy for the 2001 season. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 2 May and 26 August 200 ...
. He played one further match for the Board in the same competition against
Yorkshire.
List A Matches played by Richard McCarthy
/ref> In his four List A matches, he scored six runs at an average of 2.00, with a high score of five. With the ball he took four wickets at an average of 43.00, with best figures of 2 for 46.
See also
* List of Victoria first-class cricketers
References
External links
Richard McCarthy
at Cricinfo
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Richard McCarthy
at CricketArchive
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1961 births
Living people
Cricketers from Geelong
Australian cricketers
Victoria cricketers
Yorkshire Cricket Board cricketers