Mike Macaulay
{{short description|South African cricketer (1939–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Mike Macaulay
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Michael John Macaulay
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|4|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Durban, Natal, South Africa
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|12|10|1939|4|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = {{ubl|Left-arm medium|Slow left-arm orthodox}}
| club1 = Transvaal
| year1 = {{nowrap|1957/58–1959/60}}
| club2 = Western Province
| year2 = 1960/61
| club3 = Transvaal
| year3 = 1961/62–1962/63
| club4 = Orange Free State
| year4 = 1963/64–1964/65
| club5 = Transvaal
| year5 = 1965/66
| club6 = North-Eastern Transvaal
| year6 = 1966/67–1968/69
| club7 = Eastern Province
| year7 = 1977/78–1978/79
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 33
| bat avg1 = 16.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 21
| deliveries1 = 276
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 36.50
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/10
| catches/stumpings1= 0/–
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 69
| runs2 = 888
| bat avg2 = 13.05
| 100s/50s2 = 0/2
| top score2 = 59
| deliveries2 = 13,566
| wickets2 = 234
| bowl avg2 = 22.89
| fivefor2 = 16
| tenfor2 = 4
| best bowling2 = 7/49
| catches/stumpings2= 45/–
| international = true
| country = South Africa
| testdebutagainst = England
| testdebutdate = 12 February
| testdebutyear = 1965
| onetest = true
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1254/1254.html CricketArchive
| date = 15 November
| year = 2022
}}
Michael John Macaulay (19 April 1939 – 10 December 2021) was a South African cricketer who played his only Test match for the country in 1965.{{cite web |title=Mike Macaulay |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1254/1254.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=23 February 2023}}
Cricket career
A left-arm pace bowler who sometimes also bowled spin, Macaulay was educated at Hilton College where he played for the 1st XI. He made his first-class debut for Transvaal against Border in 1957–58, becoming a regular player in 1959–60. In 1963–64, playing for Orange Free State in the B Section of the Currie Cup, he took 37 wickets at 13.35, including career-best figures of 7 for 49 (11 for 97 in the match) against Rhodesia at Bloemfontein.{{cite web|title=Orange Free State v Rhodesia 1963–64|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26561.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 March 2016}}
Selected for a South African Colts XI against the MCC touring team in 1964–65, Macaulay made 55 not out, his first first-class 50; going in at number 11, he put on 112 for the last wicket with Jackie Botten in less than an hour.Wisden 1966, p. 799. A few weeks later he took 7 for 58 when the MCC played Orange Free State, out of a first innings total of 199 for 7 declared.Wisden 1966, p. 811. He was included in the South African team for the Fifth Test in Port Elizabeth, taking two wickets in a drawn match,Wisden 1966, p. 816. bowling most of the time with a painfully injured heel.Peter van der Merwe, quoted in J. McGlew & T. Chesterfield, South Africa's Cricket Captains, Southern, Halfway House, 1994, p. 130.
He toured England in 1965 but the pace trio of Peter Pollock, Richard Dumbrill and Jackie Botten were preferred in the three Tests."South Africans in England, 1965", Wisden 1966, pp. 298–323.
Macaulay continued to play domestic first-class cricket until a knee injury forced him to retire after the 1968–69 season. However, he returned in 1977–78 at the age of 37, taking 42 wickets for Eastern Province at 23.14 and bowling more overs than anyone else in the country.Wisden 1979, p. 1011. After two games the next season he retired for good. He was the first player to represent five provinces in the Currie Cup, out of the nine that competed at the time.Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 295.
References
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External links
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Category:Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa)
Category:South Africa Test cricketers
Category:South African cricketers
Category:Free State cricketers