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| Full name | John Joseph McLaughlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1930 Corinda, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 March 2023 (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–50 to 1962–63 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Joseph McLaughlin (18 February 1930 – 13 March 2023[1][2]) was an Australian first-class cricketer and a commentator who played for Queensland in 59 first-class matches between 1949 and 1963.[3][4]
Jack McLaughlin began his first-class career in 1949–50 as a cautious opening batsman, but after two seasons of only moderate success in Queensland's Sheffield Shield side he lost his place. He returned in 1956–57 as a stroke-playing middle-order batsman and outstanding fieldsman and remained in the side for several years.[5]
He made his two highest scores within a month in the 1957–58 season, both against South Australia: 136 in Adelaide, when he and Ray Reynolds added 243 for the second wicket, and 52 and 146 in Brisbane.[6] In Shield matches that season he made 615 runs at an average of 47.30.[7]
A very occasional bowler, he deliberately threw in a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales in 1959–60 in protest at what he considered the dubious bowling actions of some of the New South Wales players.[5] After he retired from first-class cricket he became a columnist for The Courier-Mail, a Queensland cricket selector from 1965–66 to 1975–76, and a coach.[5]
McLaughlin also played baseball for Queensland.[8][9]
The No.1 playing oval at Graceville Memorial Park was named the John "Jack" McLaughlin Oval in 2023 in honour of his lifelong service to cricket and the local community.
- ^ "Queensland Cricket Archive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Queensland Cricket: Vale Jack McLaughlin". Cricexec.com. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ Haigh, Gideon (2006). Silent Revolutions: Writings on Cricket History. Black Inc. ISBN 9781863953108.
- ^ a b c The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 356.
- ^ Wisden 1959, pp. 836–41.
- ^ Wisden 1959, p. 848.
- ^ "Rural Queensland gem for sale for the first time in 147 years - realestate.com.au". realestate.com.au. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ Gibbs, Barry (2001). My Cricket Journey. Wakefield Press. ISBN 9781862545694.