Cuan McCarthy got his first call up to the national side at the age of 19. Opening the bowling for South Africa in his 15 Tests between 1948 and 1951, he produced his best figures of 12-2-43-6 in his debut Test against the touring English team on his home ground at Kingsmead. Never one to trouble the scorers with his bat, only accumulating 28 runs in 24 visits to the crease and registering a top score of five, his claim to fame was his fast right-arm deliveries that brought him 36 Test wickets at an economy rate of 2.58.
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Cuan McCarthy Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	15	24	15	28	5	3.11	0	0	0	6	0
FC	60	68	35	141	23*	4.27	0	0	-	23	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	15	25	3499	1510	36	6/43	7/164	41.94	2.58	97.1	2	2	0
FC	60	-	11818	4551	176	8/36	-	25.85	2.31	67.1	-	8	1

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Debut/Last Matches of Cuan McCarthy

Test Matches

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Debut

South Africa vs England at Durban - December 16 - 20, 1948

Last

England vs South Africa at The Oval - August 16 - 18, 1951

FC Matches

Span

1947/48 - 1952

Recent Matches of Cuan McCarthy

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Pearce's XI vs Indians	1	0/38	10-Sep-1952	Scarborough	FC
Gentlemen vs Players	8	1/60 & 1/28	06-Sep-1952	Scarborough	FC
C'wealth XI vs England XI	--	1/47 & 1/48	03-Sep-1952	Kingston-upon-Thames	FC
Gentlemen vs Players	0 & 1*	3/63 & 0/56	23-Jul-1952	Lord's	FC
Cambridge U vs Indians	1*	5/60 & 1/31	14-May-1952	Cambridge	FC

News and Features about Cuan McCarthy

1950's Springbok, Cuan McCarthy, in hospital

Springbok, Natal and Cambridge University fast bowler, writer of note, and man of large spirit - Cuan Neil McCarthy - is at present critically ill and residing at the Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

28-Jul-2000•Keith Lane

Photos of Cuan McCarthy

The 1951 South African tour party to England