Tom McKibbin
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| Full name | Thomas Robert McKibbin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1894-95 to 1898-99 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 November 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Robert McKibbin (10 December 1870 in Bathurst, New South Wales – 15 December 1939 in Bathurst, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played in five Tests from 1895 to 1898.
A right-arm bowler who imparted tremendous spin to the ball, McKibbin sometimes had his action questioned, but he was never called for throwing.[1] He took 101 wickets at an average of 14.26 on the Australians' tour of England in 1896.[2] In 1896-97 he set a record for the Sheffield Shield when he took 44 wickets in the season, a figure which stood until 1934–35, when Chuck Fleetwood-Smith took 62 wickets.[3]
McKibbin was enabled to achieve exceptional spin by his unusually flexible wrist. A contemporary report noted: "Placing his arm upon a table, with the hand palm down, he can, keeping the forearm rigid, twist his hand around from the wrist until his palm faces upward."[4]
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References[]
- ^ Williamson, Martin. "Tom McKibbin". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Tom McKibbin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Bathurstian's Record". National Advocate: 4. 11 February 1935.
- ^ Dark Blue (16 March 1895). "Cricket Chat". Press: 4.
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