Thomas Robert McKibbin (10 December 1870 – 15 December 1939) was an Australian cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1895 to 1898.
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Full name | Thomas Robert McKibbin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm slow-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 1 March 1895 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 1 January 1898 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1894/95–1898/99 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 November 2019 |
A right-arm bowler who imparted tremendous spin to the ball, McKibbin sometimes had his action questioned, but he was never called for throwing.[1] He took 101 wickets at an average of 14.26 on the Australians' tour of England in 1896.[2] In 1896-97 he set a record for the Sheffield Shield when he took 44 wickets in the season, a figure which stood until 1934–35, when Chuck Fleetwood-Smith took 62 wickets.[3]
McKibbin was enabled to achieve exceptional spin by his unusually flexible wrist. A contemporary report noted: "Placing his arm upon a table, with the hand palm down, he can, keeping the forearm rigid, twist his hand around from the wrist until his palm faces upward."[4]
Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1850–51 to 1899–1900) | |
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