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Full name Percy Stanislaus McDonnell
Born November 13, 1858, Kennington, London, England
Died September 24, 1896, South Brisbane, Queensland (aged 37 years 316 days)
Major teams Australia,New South Wales,Queensland,Victoria
Also known as Greatheart
Batting style Right-hand bat
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
19
34
1
955
147
28.93
3
2
4
6
0
First-class
166
285
10
6474
239
23.54
7
26
98
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
19
4
52
53
0
-
-
-
6.11
-
0
0
0
First-class
166
400
247
2
1/7
123.50
3.70
200.0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at The Oval, Sep 6-8, 1880 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 30-31, 1888 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1877/78 - 1895/96
Profile
Almost certainly the only Greek scholar to captain Australia. Percy "Greatheart" McDonnell was a brilliant attacking batsman whose outstanding footwork and hand-eye co-ordination helped him excel on wet wickets. His best innings probably came in the third Test against England at Sydney in 1881-82. McDonnell made 147, adding 199 with Charles Bannerman, who made 70. The rest of the batsmen mustered only 29 between them. He died in Brisbane in 1896 after a long illness, aged only 37.
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