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Full name Ernest Leslie McCormick
Born May 16, 1906, North Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Died June 28, 1991, Tweed Heads, New South Wales (aged 85 years 43 days)
Major teams Australia,Victoria
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
12
14
5
54
17*
6.00
0
0
0
8
0
First-class
85
98
31
582
77*
8.68
0
1
46
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
12
21
2107
1079
36
4/101
7/173
29.97
3.07
58.5
1
0
0
First-class
85
14316
6686
241
9/40
27.74
2.80
59.4
6
1
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Australia at Durban, Dec 14-18, 1935 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 22-25, 1938 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1929/30 - 1938/39
Profile
Australian fast bowler Ernie McCormick, who played 12 Tests just before the Second World War, was, at his best, genuinely quick, but he was constantly plagued by back trouble. He took a wicket with his first ball in Ashes Tests: Stan Worthington, caught behind off the first ball of the 1936-37 Brisbane Test, and in the same match he inflicted Wally Hammond's first Ashes duck. In his first match in England, at Worcester in 1938, McCormick was no-balled for overstepping no fewer than 35 times, 19 of them in his first three overs. He died in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, in 1991.
Rob Smyth
