Percy McDonnell
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| Full name | Percy Stanislaus McDonnell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1860-11-13)13 November 1860 Kensington, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 September 1896(1896-09-24) (aged 35) South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1878–1884 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1885–1892 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1894–1895 | Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percy Stanislaus McDonnell (13 November 1860 – 24 September 1896[1]) was an Australian cricketer who captained the Australian Test team in six matches, including the tour of England in 1888.[2]
McDonnell was an attacking batsman and his averages are among the very best of his era. His top Test score of 147[3] was made in a partnership of 199 with Alick Bannerman at the SCG when the other 9 batsman in the team contributed 29 to the team score.[4]
In 1886/7, McDonnell became the first Test captain ever to win the toss and elect to field. He had mixed results. England were dismissed for just 45, but nonetheless won the match.[5]
McDonnell died of cardiac failure[1] at his South Brisbane residence[6] aged 35 and his funeral proceed from there to the Toowong Cemetery.[7][8]
Gallery
1888 Australian team in England, captained by Percy McDonnell
Percy McDonnell's Test career batting graph.
Percy McDonnell's grave.
References
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^ ab McDonnell, Percy Stanislaus (1860–1896), — Australian Dictionary of Biography
^ Australian Captain’s Playing Record By Series In Test Matches Archived 26 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine., — CricketArchive
^ Profile of Percy McDonnell, — Cricinfo
^ 1st TEST: Australia v England, Report, — Cricinfo
^ Report – 1st Test 1886–1887, — Cricinfo
^ "Family Notices". The Brisbane Courier. LIII, (12, 075). Queensland, Australia. 25 September 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 7 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Family Notices". The Brisbane Courier. LIII, (12, 075). Queensland, Australia. 25 September 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 7 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ McDonnell Percy Stanislaus Archived 1 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search
