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Colin Leslie McCool (9 December 1916 – 5 April 1986) was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Tests from 1946 to 1950. McCool, born in Paddington, New South Wales, was an all-rounder who bowled leg spin and googlies with a round arm action and as a lower order batsman was regarded as effective square of the wicket and against spin bowling.〔 He made his Test début against New Zealand in 1946, taking a wicket with his second delivery.〔 He was part of Donald Bradman's ''Invincibles'' team that toured England in 1948 but injury saw him miss selection in any of the Test matches.〔 A good tour of South Africa 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 Lancashire League in 1953.〔 Three years later, Somerset County Cricket Club 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 County Championship since 1892.〔 He retired from cricket in 1960 and returned to Australia to work as a market gardener.〔 He died in Concord, New South Wales on 5 April 1986.〔 ==Early career== As a child growing up in Paddington, McCool attended Crown Street State School—earlier students included Victor Trumper and Monty Noble. He played his childhood cricket on concrete wickets in Moore Park and learnt to bowl from reading Clarrie Grimmett's instructional book, ''Getting Wickets''. McCool played his early grade cricket with Paddington Cricket Club before coming to the notice of the New South Wales selectors. He made his first-class début for New South Wales against "Rest of Australia" in March 1940, making 19 and 15 and taking one wicket.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =New South Wales v Rest of Australia :Other First-Class matches 1939/40 )〕 While the Australian Cricket Board suspended the Sheffield Shield competition at the end of the 1939–40 season, at the request of the Australian government, a series of matches were arranged to raise money for wartime charities in the following 1940–41 season. McCool played in six of these matches for New South Wales, scoring 416 runs at average of 52.00 and taking 24 wickets at an average of 23.50.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Colin McCool )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 First-class Bowling in Each Season by Colin McCool )〕 McCool enlisted on 12 September 1941 and served as a Pilot Officer with the No. 33 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Stationed in New Guinea, McCool had reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant when he was discharged from the RAAF on 18 September 1945.〔 After the war, he moved to Brisbane and was selected in the Queensland cricket team. Playing for Queensland, he formed a formidable partnership with wicket-keeper Don Tallon.〔 He was selected in the Australian team to tour New Zealand in 1945–46, making his Test début at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. He made seven runs in Australia's only innings and took a wicket with his second ball in Test cricket; the last man dismissed in the Test, Don McRae.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title =New Zealand v Australia :Australia in New Zealand 1945/46 (Only Test) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin McCool」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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