Ron Halcombe was a genuinely fast bowler from South Australia who moved to Perth after one season at Adelaide and terrorised batsmen for more than a decade thereafter. There were major concerns over his action - in 1931-32 he was once no-balled for throwing on six consecutive deliveries - and complaints that he deliberately set out to intimidate. The potential problems were limited as Western Australia were not in the Sheffield Shield. He was never selected for Australia - in fairness, he was expensive - although there were calls for his inclusion in 1932-33 as a counter weapon to England's pace barrage. After the war be became a commentator for ABC.
Martin Williamson

Ron Halcombe Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	Ct	St
FC	25	33	13	100	14*	5.00	0	0	7	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5w	10w
FC	25	2053	54	5/40	38.01	1	0

Debut/Last Matches of Ron Halcombe

FC Matches

Span

1926/27 - 1939/40

Recent Matches of Ron Halcombe

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
West Aust vs Aust XI	0 & 6	0/100	26-Oct-1935	Perth	FC
Aust XI vs M.C.C.	1*	1/81	27-Oct-1932	Perth	FC
West Aust vs M.C.C.	1	3/48 & 1/38	21-Oct-1932	Perth	FC
South Aust vs Victoria	3* & 0	1/119	02-Dec-1927	Adelaide	FC
South Aust vs Victoria	1*	2/60 & 0/50	01-Jan-1927	Melbourne	FC