List of cricketers called for throwing in major cricket matches in Australia
This is a list of cricketers called for throwing in cricket matches in Australia. In the sport of cricket, strict rules govern the method of bowling the ball. The rules relate to the bending of the arm at the elbow, the extent of which has always been open to interpretation by the umpires.[1] More recently, the International Cricket Council has attempted to codify the maximum permissible flexing of the elbow as 15 degrees.[2]
When a player is found by the umpire to have delivered the ball contrary to those rules, the umpire will call a no ball and he is said to have been called for throwing. Where public opinion is that a player's bowling action appears to be that he routinely throws, he is said to have a 'suspect' or an 'illegal' action, or more derogatorily, is said to be a 'chucker'.[3] The issue is often highly emotive with accusers considering that deliveries with an illegal action are akin to cheating.[4]
Over the years, a number of players have been called in major cricket matches—Test matches, One Day Internationals and domestic first-class matches—invariably creating controversy and occasionally destroying cricket careers.[5][6] Often the player has been able to modify his action to appease his critics and the umpires, but more commonly, especially when the bowler has been called on more than one occasion, his career in international cricket is effectively ended.[7]
List of players called for throwing
- Note: Entries marked with blue backgrounds were called for throwing in a Test match or One Day International (ODI) played in Australia.
Player[8] |
Date |
Team |
Opposing team |
Umpire |
Wills, TomTom Wills |
30 March 1872 |
Victoria |
New South Wales |
A. Sellars |
Gregory, DaveDave Gregory |
26 December 1872 |
NSW, Tasmania, SA XIII |
Victoria |
George Curtis |
Wills, TomTom Wills |
28 December 1872 |
Victoria |
NSW, Tasmania, SA XIII |
George Curtis |
Wardill, DickDick Wardill |
14 March 1873 |
Victoria |
Tasmania |
William Sidebottom |
Jones, ErnieErnie Jones |
30 October 1897 |
South Australia |
Andrew Stoddart's XI |
Jim Phillips |
Jones, ErnieErnie Jones (Test) |
4 January 1898 |
Australia |
England |
Jim Phillips |
Marsh, JackJack Marsh |
27 December 1900 |
New South Wales |
Victoria |
Bob Crockett |
Marsh, JackJack Marsh |
1 February 1901 |
New South Wales |
Victoria |
Bob Crockett |
Marsh, JackJack Marsh |
4 February 1901 |
New South Wales |
Victoria |
Bob Crockett |
Pitcher, FrankFrank Pitcher |
3 February 1911 |
Victoria |
South Africa |
Bob Crockett |
Pitcher, FrankFrank Pitcher |
4 February 1911 |
Victoria |
South Africa |
W. A. Young |
Andrews, TommyTommy Andrews |
7 November 1914 |
New South Wales |
Queensland |
unknown |
Halcombe, RonRon Halcombe |
17 January 1930 |
Western Australia |
Victoria |
Andrew Barlow |
Halcombe, RonRon Halcombe |
24 January 1930 |
Western Australia |
Tasmania |
A. J. Buttsworth |
Halcombe, RonRon Halcombe |
25 January 1930 |
Western Australia |
Tasmania |
Walter Lonergan |
Nash, LaurieLaurie Nash |
26 January 1931 |
Tasmania |
Victoria |
unknown |
Gilbert, EddieEddie Gilbert |
18 December 1931 |
Queensland |
Victoria |
Andrew Barlow |
Cotton, HaroldHarold Cotton |
13 November 1936 |
South Australia |
Victoria |
Andrew Barlow |
MacGill, CharlesCharles MacGill |
7 March 1939 |
Western Australia |
Victoria |
Frederick Buttsworth |
Cotton, HaroldHarold Cotton |
14 December 1940 |
South Australia |
Victoria |
Andrew Barlow |
Frankish, RonRon Frankish |
17 February 1951 |
Western Australia |
Victoria |
Andrew Barlow |
McLaughlin, JackJack McLaughlin |
2 January 1960 |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Jim Bowden |
Quigley, BrianBrian Quigley |
4 November 1960 |
South Australia |
Victoria |
Col Egar |
Brooks, GordonGordon Brooks |
3 March 1962 |
South Australia |
New Zealand |
Col Egar |
Meckiff, IanIan Meckiff |
11 January 1963 |
Victoria |
South Australia |
Jack Kierse |
Meckiff, IanIan Meckiff |
4 March 1963 |
Victoria |
Queensland |
Bill Priem |
Meckiff, IanIan Meckiff (Test) |
7 December 1963 |
Australia |
South Africa |
Col Egar |
Illingworth, EddieEddie Illingworth |
13 November 1964 |
Victoria |
South Australia |
Col Egar |
Illingworth, EddieEddie Illingworth |
13 November 1964 |
Victoria |
South Australia |
Jack Ryan |
Slater, KeithKeith Slater |
16 November 1964 |
Western Australia |
New South Wales |
Ted Wykes |
Fisher, BarryBarry Fisher |
24 November 1967 |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Ted Wykes |
Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan (Test) |
26 December 1995 |
Sri Lanka |
Australia |
Darrell Hair |
Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan (ODI) |
5 January 1996 |
Sri Lanka |
West Indies |
Ross Emerson |
Foley, GeoffGeoff Foley |
1 November 1997 |
Queensland |
Victoria |
Ross Emerson |
Foley, GeoffGeoff Foley |
11 February 1998 |
Queensland |
Tasmania |
Ross Emerson |
Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan (ODI) |
23 January 1999 |
Sri Lanka |
England |
Ross Emerson |
See also
References
- General
- Whimpress, Bernard (2004). Chuckers: A history of throwing in Australian cricket. Adelaide: Elvis Press. ISBN 0-9756746-1-7.
- Specific
Further reading