| Kevin McCarthy | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Kevin Joseph McCarthy |
| Birth Date: | 11 October 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | South Australia |
| Year1: | 1964-65 to 1972-73 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 37 |
| Runs1: | 630 |
| Bat Avg1: | 15.36 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/0 |
| Top Score1: | 127 |
| Deliveries1: | 6083 |
| Wickets1: | 95 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 30.26 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/114 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 15/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 5 |
| Runs2: | 15 |
| Bat Avg2: | 7.50 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 7 |
| Deliveries2: | 292 |
| Wickets2: | 9 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 19.88 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | n/a |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/27 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 2/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6690.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 11 August 2019 |
Kevin Joseph McCarthy (born 11 October 1945) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1964-65 to 1972-73.
Kevin McCarthy was a strongly-built fast-medium bowler and useful tail-end batsman. He made his first-class debut for South Australia in the 1964-65 season when he was 19, playing five matches with only moderate success. Playing for Glenelg in the Adelaide competition in 1967-68, he took 73 wickets in 12 matches at an average of 12.9, twice taking nine wickets in an innings.[1] He was awarded the medal for the outstanding player in the competition.[2]
He returned to the South Australian team in 1968-69, taking 21 wickets at an average of 28.22 and forming an effective opening attack with Eric Freeman in South Australia's Sheffield Shield-winning team.[3] Early in the season, in the match against the touring West Indians, he scored 127, having gone to the crease with the score at 7 for 166, adding a South Australian eighth-wicket partnership record of 171 in 131 minutes with Ian Chappell.[4] [5] He also played a leading part in South Australia's Sheffield Shield victory in 1970-71, opening the bowling with Jeff Hammond and taking 23 wickets at 19.00.[6]
McCarthy's best first-class bowling figures were 6 for 114 in the first innings against New South Wales in 1970-71, out of a total of 7 for 441; the other wicket fell to a run out.[7] Against Victoria in 1969-70 he was South Australia's highest scorer with 39 and 24, but did not take a wicket.[8] He played a major part in South Australia's one-wicket victory over New South Wales in 1971-72, taking 2 for 44 and 3 for 42 and scoring 17 not out and 32 not out. In the second innings he and Mike Hendricks came together with the score at 9 for 214 when South Australia needed 263 to win, and they put on an unbroken 51 for the last wicket to win the match with five overs to spare.[9]
McCarthy was a stalwart for Glenelg from 1962-63 to 1976-77. The Kevin McCarthy Trophy is now awarded annually to Glenelg's leading first-grade bowler.[10] He also played 10 SANFL games for Glenelg in 1965, kicking 22 goals.[11]