Rick McCosker

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Rick McCosker

Personal information

Full name

Richard Bede McCosker

Born

11 December 1946
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm leg-break

Role

Opening batsman

International information

National side

Australia

Test debut (cap 272)

4 January 1975 v England

Last Test

6 February 1980 v England

ODI debut (cap 29)

7 June 1975 v Pakistan

Last ODI

17 January 1982 v West Indies

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1973/74–1983/84

New South Wales

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	25	14	127	39
Runs scored	1622	320	8983	1249
Batting average	39.56	22.85	44.03	33.75
100s/50s	4/9	–/	27/43	2/7
Top score	127	95	168	164
Balls bowled	–	–	295	–
Wickets	–	–	2	–
Bowling average	–	–	88.50	–
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	–	–	–
Best bowling	–	–	2/28	–
Catches/stumpings	21/–	2/–	144/–	3/–

Source: CricketArchive, 19 November 2011

Richard Bede McCosker (born 11 December 1946, Inverell, New South Wales) is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer.

McCosker played in 25 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals in a career spanning 1975 to 1982 playing as a right hand batsman.

He is well remembered for playing in the 1977 Centenary Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after he had his jaw broken by a bouncer off Bob Willis in the 1st innings. In the second innings he batted at number ten in bandages with his jaw wired shut, making 25, and 54 for the ninth wicket in partnership with Rod Marsh. Australia won the match by 45 runs.

He also played in the World Series Cricket team, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1976.

He is depicted by Aidan March in the Channel 9 series Howzat! Kerry Packer's War.

External links

Player profile: Rick McCosker from ESPNcricinfo

v t e Australia squad – 1975 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up

1 IM Chappell (c) 2 GS Chappell 3 Edwards 4 Gilmour 5 Lillee 6 McCosker 7 Mallett 8 Marsh (wk) 9 Thomson 10 Turner 11 Walker 12 Walters

v t e Australia squad – World Series Cricket

1 Chappell, I (c) 2 Bright 3 Chappell, G 4 Chappell, T 5 Davis 6 Edwards 7 Gilmour 8 Hookes 9 Kent 10 Laird 11 Langer 12 Lillee 13 McCosker 14 Malone 15 Marsh (wk) 16 Pascoe 17 Prior 18 Redpath 19 Robinson (wk) 20 Thomson 21 Walker 22 Walters 23 Wessels

Persondata
Name	McCosker, Rick
Alternative names
Short description	Australian cricketer
Date of birth	11 December 1946
Place of birth	Inverell, New South Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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