Russ McCool

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Russel John McCool (born 4 December 1959 at Taunton, Somerset, England) was an Australian cricketer who, by dint of his birthplace, played one first-class match for Somerset in 1982.

McCool was the son of the Australian Test all-rounder Colin McCool and his wife Dorothy. He was born while his father was engaged as a professional cricketer for Somerset, but brought up in Australia where he attended schools in Woy Woy, New South Wales.^[1]

A leg-spin bowler and a right-handed lower order batsman, Russ McCool played for New South Wales Colts from the 1980-81 season. But his only first-class experience came in a single season, 1982, that he spent with Somerset, qualifying by birth. In his single match for the first team against Derbyshire at Derby, he made 7 and 12 batting at No 10, took one catch, but failed to take a wicket with his bowling.^[2] He played fairly regularly for Somerset's Second Eleven in the Second Eleven Championship and the Minor Counties, taking 30 wickets in the season.^[3] But he was not re-engaged by Somerset at the end of the season and returned to Australia.

References

↑ Cricketers' Who's Who (1983 ed.). Cricketers' Who's Who/Iain Sproat. pp. p278.
↑ "Derbyshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
↑ "Minor Counties Championship 1982 and Second Eleven Championship 1982". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1983 ed.). John Wisden & Co. pp. pp865 and 880.

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Name	McCool, Russ
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Short description	English cricketer
Date of birth	4 December 1959
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