Mac Anderson
{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Mac Anderson
| image = File:Anderson and Hadlee 1946.jpg
| caption = Mac Anderson (left) and Walter Hadlee, Wellington 1946
| fullname = William McDougall Anderson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|10|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Westport, New Zealand
| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|12|21|1919|10|8|df=y}}
| death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| family = Robert Anderson (son)
Tim Anderson (grandson)
| international = true
| country = New Zealand
| onetest = true
| testcap = 34
| testdebutagainst = Australia
| testdebutdate = 29 March
| testdebutyear = 1946
| club1 = Canterbury
| year1 = 1938/39–1949/50
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Legbreak, googly
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 5
| bat avg1 = 2.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 4
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1= 1/–
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 37
| runs2 = 1,973
| bat avg2 = 34.61
| 100s/50s2 = 2/13
| top score2 = 137
| deliveries2 = 1,031
| wickets2 = 18
| bowl avg2 = 38.16
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 5/90
| catches/stumpings2= 24/–
| date = 1 April
| year = 2017
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36181.html Cricinfo
}}
William McDougall "Mac" Anderson (8 October 1919 – 21 December 1979) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test match in 1946. His son Robert Anderson played international cricket for New Zealand in the 1970s.
Cricket career
Anderson was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School.{{cite book |last=McCarron |first=Tony |year=2010 |title=New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010 |page=12 |location=Cardiff |publisher=The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians |ISBN=978 1 905138 98 2 |url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/14/index.html |access-date=3 May 2024}} He played for Canterbury from 1938–39 to 1949–50 as a batsman and occasional leg-spinner.{{cite web |title=Mac Anderson |url=https://www.nzc.nz/archive/players |website=NZC |access-date=3 May 2024}}
He made his highest score in 1945–46, when he scored 137 in 396 minutes opening the batting for Canterbury against Otago.{{cite web |title=Otago v Canterbury 1945-46|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17562.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=12 October 2023}} He made 61 for Canterbury against the Australians shortly afterwards,{{cite web |title=Canterbury v Australians 1945-46|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1945-46/AUS_IN_NZ/AUS_CANT_08-11MAR1946.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=12 October 2023}} and was selected for the single Test against Australia in Wellington. He was one of six New Zealanders to make their Test debuts in this match; for five of them, including Anderson, it was their only Test. He made 4 and 1.{{cite web |title=Only Test, Wellington, March 29-30, 1946, Australia tour of New Zealand |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-new-zealand-1945-46-61401/new-zealand-vs-australia-only-test-62661/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=12 October 2023}}
Anderson made 285 runs at 71.25 in the 1948–49 Plunket Shield with three 50s, and played in the trial match, but was not selected for the subsequent tour to England. Anderson later served as a selector for Canterbury and, for two years, for the New Zealand Test team.
Anderson married Ruth Wickham in Christchurch in April 1947.{{cite journal |title=Marriages |journal=Press |date=2 July 1947 |page=1 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19470702.2.2.2}} They lived in Christchurch, where he worked as a salesman.{{cite web |title=New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1960, Canterbury, Riccarton |url=https://www.ancestry.com.au/discoveryui-content/view/28520848:1836 |website=Ancestry.com.au |access-date=3 May 2024}} He died in December 1979, aged 60.{{cite journal |title=Former Canterbury cricket rep. dead |journal=Press |date=24 December 1979 |page=15 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19791224.2.101}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=36181}}
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Category:People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School
Category:New Zealand Test cricketers
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Category:Canterbury cricketers
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