Rod McCurdy
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| Full name | Rodney John McCurdy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1959 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 85) | 27 January 1985 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 29 March 1985 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979/80 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980/81 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981/82–1983/84 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984/85 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986/87–1990/91 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991/92 | Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992/93 | Border | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rodney John McCurdy (born 30 December 1959) is a former first-class cricketer who played for Australia, Border, Derbyshire, Eastern Province, Natal, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. He now lives in South Africa.
A fast bowler, he played in 11 One Day Internationals in the mid-1980s and later joined in the South African rebel tours in 1985.
Career
[edit]In 1979, McCurdy was in England when, while playing at club level for Pudsey St Lawrence in Yorkshire also appeared at the county level for Derbyshire and Shropshire.[1]
McCurdy represented Australia's U-19 team.[2] He played for Victoria before moving to Tasmania, for whom he took 7–81 against the touring New Zealanders in 1980–81.[3]
He returned to Victoria for the 1981–82 season. During the 1984–85 summer, McCurdy signed to play in South Africa.[4]
McCurdy was selected in the original squad to tour England in 1985.[5] However, his South African commitments meant he was unable to tour. McCurdy:
It always bugs me. I was picked on the Ashes tour. Would I have gone there? Yes, I was going there. We would have loved to have gone there, played in the Ashes, and come out to South Africa afterward. At least I would have had my opportunity. That's a disappointment for me.[6]
McCurdy stayed in South Africa after the tour playing for Eastern Province[7] and joined the rebel tours in South Africa in 1985–86 and 1986–87, defying the international sporting boycott of the apartheid state.
He later ran a security business in Port Elizabeth, making alarms for homes and small businesses. He then moved to Johannesburg to work as operations manager of Tellytrack, the racing television station.
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. pp. 35, 56. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
- ^ "Australian youth team named". The Canberra Times. 26 January 1978. p. 19. Retrieved 16 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "CRICKET India fights back in exciting game". The Canberra Times. 3 January 1981. p. 26. Retrieved 16 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The 16 Aussies who went to South Africa".
- ^ "Australian tour squad". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1985. p. 28. Retrieved 16 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Baggy green or livelihood?".
- ^ "St George's Park – Rod McCurdy". Archived from the original on 1 September 2006.
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