Brendan McArdle | |
Country: | Australia |
Fullname: | Brendan Joseph McArdle |
Birth Date: | 2 March 1952 |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
Role: | Batsman |
Club1: | Victoria |
Club2: | Staffordshire |
Year2: | 1984; 1989 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 11 |
Runs1: | 600 |
Bat Avg1: | 30.81 |
100S/50S1: | 0/3 |
Top Score1: | 78 |
Deliveries1: | 1,172 |
Wickets1: | 13 |
Bowl Avg1: | 43.00 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 3/40 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 2 |
Runs2: | 38 |
Bat Avg2: | 19.00 |
100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
Top Score2: | 37 |
Deliveries2: | 60 |
Wickets2: | 1 |
Bowl Avg2: | 63.00 |
Fivefor2: | 0 |
Tenfor2: | 0 |
Best Bowling2: | 1/40 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/– |
Date: | 12 September |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6753.html Cricinfo |
Brendan Joseph McArdle (born 2 March 1952) is a former Australia first-class cricketer. McArdle played as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria.
McArdle made his first-class cricket debut for Victoria against South Australia in the 1976–77 Sheffield Shield. He made 10 further first-class appearances for Victoria, the last coming against Tasmania in the 1978–79 Sheffield Shield.[1] An all-rounder, McArdle scored 339 runs at an average of 30.81. He made three half centuries, with a high score of 78.[2] This came against South Australia on debut.[3] With the ball, McArdle took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 43.00, with best figures of 3/40.[4] An infrequent player for Victoria, the 1978–79 season was his last for the state.
In the early 1980s, McArdle played for a number of teams in the Lancashire League as a professional.[5] He also played for Staffordshire County Cricket Club, making his debut against Hertfordshire in the 1984 Minor Counties Championship.[6] He made his List A cricket debut for the county against Gloucestershire, scoring 37 runs.[7] McArdle continued to feature in the Lancashire League, returning to Staffordshire to play his second and final List A match against Glamorgan in the 1989 NatWest Trophy.[8]