Roy McLean
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| Died | 26 August 2007 (aged 77) Johannesburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 5 July 1951 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 23 December 1964 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1949/50–1965/66 | Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 December 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roy Alastair McLean (9 July 1930 – 26 August 2007) was a South African
McLean was born in
As a cricketer, he made his
He made his highest Test score in the 2nd Test at
In 1961 he led an unofficial tour to England by a team of young players named the Fezelas. The team contained the nucleus of the great South African side of the late 1960s, with such players as Peter Pollock, Eddie Barlow, Colin Bland, Denis Lindsay and Peter van der Merwe, and was unbeaten on the tour.[5] In the 1966 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack the editor Norman Preston, reflecting on the success of the touring South Africans in 1965, paid tribute to "that exuberant character R.A. McLean ... who moulded the new Springboks when he brought the Fezela side to England in 1961".[8]
He played all five Tests when New Zealand toured in 1961–62, a final two Tests against England in South Africa in 1964–65, and retired from first-class cricket in 1966. He became an insurance salesman.[3]
McLean died in Johannesburg following a long illness.[2][4] He was survived by his wife of 51 years, Barbara, and their three daughters.
Bibliography of works
- Sackcloth Without Ashes (1958), Hodder & Stoughton.
References
- ^ a b c Obituary, The Times, 25 September 2007
- ^ a b c d Sporting legend Roy McLean dies
- ^ a b c d e f Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 28 August 2007
- ^ a b Roy McLean dies aged 77, Cricinfo, 27 August 2007
- ^ a b c d Roy McLean at ESPNcricinfo
- ^ Scorecard, England v South Africa, 2nd Test at Lord's, 1955.
- ^ Scorecard, England v South Africa, 3rd Test at Old Trafford, 1955.
- ^ Norman Preston, 'South Africans in England, 1965', Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1966, p. 298.