Russ McCool

{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1959)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Russel McCool

| fullname = Russel John McCool

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|12|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Taunton, Somerset, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg-break and googly

| club1 = Somerset

| year1 = 1982

| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 19

| bat avg1 = 9.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 12

| deliveries1 = 102

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 0/18

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 22 December 2015

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3712/3712.html CricketArchive

}}

Russel John McCool (born 4 December 1959 at Taunton, Somerset, England) is an Australian cricketer who, by dint of his birthplace, played one first-class match for Somerset in 1982.{{Cite web|title=Russel McCool|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16962.html|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Cricinfo}}

McCool was the son of the Australian Test all-rounder Colin McCool and his wife Dorothy. He was born while his father was engaged as a professional cricketer for Somerset, but brought up in Australia where he attended schools in Woy Woy, New South Wales.{{Cite book

| title = Cricketers' Who's Who

| edition = 1983

| publisher = Cricketers' Who's Who/Iain Sproat

| pages = 278}}

A leg-spin bowler and a right-handed lower order batsman, Russel McCool played for New South Wales Colts from the 1980-81 season. But his only first-class experience came in a single season, 1982, that he spent with Somerset, qualifying by birth. In his single match for the first team against Derbyshire at Derby, he made 7 and 12 batting at No 10, took one catch, but failed to take a wicket with his bowling.{{cite web

|url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42209.html

|title = Derbyshire v Somerset

|publisher = www.cricketarchive.com

|accessdate = 2008-05-24}} He played fairly regularly for Somerset's Second Eleven in the Second Eleven Championship and the Minor Counties, taking 30 wickets in the season.{{Cite book

| title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

| edition = 1983

| publisher = John Wisden & Co

| chapter = Minor Counties Championship 1982 and Second Eleven Championship 1982

| pages = 865 and 880

}} He suffered an injury at the end of the season and had to stop playing and return to Australia.