Charlie Macartney
Charlie Macartney
Personal information
Full name
Charles George
Macartney
Born
27 June 1886(1886-06-27)
Maitland, New South
Wales, Australia
Died
9 September 1958
(aged 72)
Little Bay, Sydney,
Australia
Nickname
The Governor-General,
Little Mac
Height
5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)
Batting style
Right-hand bat
Bowling style
Slow left arm
International information
National side
Australia
Test debut
13 December
1907 v England
Last Test
14 August
1926 v England
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1905/6–1926/27
New South Wales
1909/10
Otago
Career statistics
Competition
Tests
FC
Matches
35
249
Runs scored
2131
15019
Batting average
41.78
45.78
100s/50s
7/9
49/53
Top score
170
345
Balls bowled
3561
25021
Wickets
45
419
Bowling average
27.55
20.95
5 wickets in innings
2
17
10 wickets in match
1
1
Best bowling
7-58
7-58
Catches/stumpings
17/–
102/–
Source: cricketarchive, 24 October 2007
Charles George "Charlie" Macartney (27
June 1886, Maitland, New South Wales – 9
September 1958, Little Bay, Sydney, New
South Wales) was an Australian cricketer
who played in 35 Tests between 1907 and
1926. He was known as The Governor-Gener-
al in reference to his authoritative batting
style and his flamboyant strokeplay, which
drew comparisons with his close friend and
role model Victor Trumper, regarded as one
of the most elegant batsmen in cricketing his-
tory. Sir Donald Bradman cited Macartney’s
dynamic batting as an inspiration in his crick-
et career.
Macartney started his career as a bowling
all-rounder. He made his Test debut in 1907,
primarily as a left arm orthodox spinner who
was considered to be a useful lower-middle
order right-hand batsman. As Macartney was
initially selected for his flexibility, his posi-
tion in the batting order was frequently
shuffled and he was largely ineffective. His
most noteworthy Test contribution in his
early career was a match-winning ten wicket
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