Full Name

John William Joseph McMahon

Born

December 28, 1917, Balaklava, South Australia, Australia

Died

May 08, 2001, North London, (aged 83y 131d)

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

John William Joseph McMahon, who died May 8 aged 83, was an orthodox left-arm spinner from Balaclava, South Australia who played 84 matches for Surrey from 1947-1953, winning his cap in 1948. He then moved to Somerset where he made 115 appearances between 1954 and 1957, being capped in 1954, but was dismissed for disciplinary reasons despite being the county's most effective spinner. In 201 first-class matches, McMahon took 590 wickets for an average of 27.60: a negligible batsman, he scored 989 runs. His best bowling performance in an innings was 8 for 46, figures coincidentally achieved twice. The first instance was for Surrey against Northamptonshire at The Oval in 1948, the second was for Somerset against Kent at Yeovil in 1955. Both were first-innings performances in matches eventually won.
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John McMahon Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC201285125989246.18001090

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC20137038162895908/4627.602.6362.7302

Debut/Last Matches of John McMahon

FC Matches

Span
1947 - 1957

Recent Matches of John McMahon

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Somerset vs Cambridge U83/127 & 1/2223-Jun-1956TauntonFC
Somerset vs Sth Africans6 & 90/2915-Jun-1955TauntonFC
Somerset vs Surrey0 & 74/5914-May-1955The OvalFC
Somerset vs Pakistanis00/40 & 0/4528-Jul-1954TauntonFC
Surrey vs WORCS--0/13 & 4/1515-Jul-1953The OvalFC

Photos of John McMahon

John McMahon
Peter Loader is congratulated by David Fletcher for his 8 for 21