PLAYER CAREER

Colin McDonald

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

Australia1952–1961

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	47	83	17	51	1952-01-25	1961-07-06

47Internationals

3,107Career runs

5Centuries

0Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 47
Innings: 83
Runs: 3,107
Average: 39.32
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 170
Not outs: 4
100s: 5
50s: 17
Ducks: 2
4s: —
6s: 3
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 47
Innings: 1
Balls: 8
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 3
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 2.25
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 47
Innings: 90
Catches: 14
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 14
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 14
Dismissals / inns: 0.155
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

47 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1961-07-06	Australia v England	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1961-06-22	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 5 wickets
1961-06-08	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1961-02-10	Australia v West Indies	Test	Australia won by 2 wickets
1961-01-27	Australia v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1961-01-13	Australia v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 222 runs
1960-12-30	Australia v West Indies	Test	Australia won by 7 wickets
1960-12-09	Australia v West Indies	Test	Match tied
1960-01-23	Australia v India	Test	Match drawn
1960-01-13	Australia v India	Test	Australia won by inns & 55 runs
1960-01-01	Australia v India	Test	Match drawn
1959-12-19	Australia v India	Test	India won by 119 runs

Australia

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1952243 runs
1953288 runs
1955635 runs
1956295 runs
1957199 runs
1958259 runs
1959671 runs
1960186 runs
1961331 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19530 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1961	6	11	331	91	30.09	—	0	3	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1960	5	8	186	57	23.25	—	0	1	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1959	8	13	671	170	61.00	—	2	2	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1958	5	10	259	58	28.77	—	0	1	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1957	2	3	199	99	66.33	—	0	2	—	1	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1956	8	15	295	89	19.66	—	0	2	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	7	12	635	127	57.72	—	2	3	—	1	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1953	3	5	288	154	57.60	—	1	1	26	1	—	1	N/A	2.25	N/A
1952	3	6	243	82	40.50	—	0	2	24	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1952-01-25
First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Sydney
1953-01-24
First century in this archive · 154 runs
Test v South Africa · Adelaide
1959-01-30
Highest recorded innings · 170 runs
Test v England · Adelaide
1961-07-06
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Leeds