PLAYER CAREER

Roy McLean

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

South Africa1951–1964

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	40	73	4	53	1951-07-05	1964-12-23

40Internationals

2,120Career runs

5Centuries

0Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 40
Innings: 73
Runs: 2,120
Average: 30.28
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 142
Not outs: 3
100s: 5
50s: 10
Ducks: 11
4s: —
6s: 12
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 40
Innings: 1
Balls: 4
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 1
Wickets: 0
Average: N/A
Economy: 1.50
Strike rate: N/A
Best innings: -
Best match: -
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 40
Innings: 72
Catches: 23
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 23
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 23
Dismissals / inns: 0.319
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

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

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1964-12-23	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1964-12-04	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 104 runs
1962-02-16	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	New Zealand won by 40 runs
1962-02-02	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by inns & 51 runs
1962-01-01	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	New Zealand won by 72 runs
1961-12-26	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1961-12-08	New Zealand v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 30 runs
1960-08-18	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1960-07-21	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1960-07-07	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 8 wickets
1960-06-23	England v South Africa	Test	England won by inns & 73 runs
1960-06-09	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 100 runs

South Africa

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

1951138 runs
1952120 runs
1953439 runs
195427 runs
1955277 runs
19566 runs
1957393 runs
195820 runs
1960269 runs
1961110 runs
1962246 runs
196475 runs

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

19580 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 12 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
1964	2	4	75	30	18.75	—	0	0	4	2	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1962	3	5	246	113	49.20	—	1	1	—	2	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1961	2	4	110	63	27.50	—	0	1	—	2	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1960	5	9	269	109	33.62	—	1	1	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1958	2	3	20	11	6.66	—	0	0	—	0	—	1	N/A	1.50	N/A
1957	6	12	393	100	32.75	—	1	2	—	1	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1956	1	2	6	6	3.00	—	0	0	0	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1955	5	10	277	142	27.70	—	1	1	—	2	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1954	2	3	27	18	13.50	—	0	0	—	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1953	7	12	439	101	39.90	—	1	3	—	2	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1952	2	4	120	42	30.00	—	0	0	13	0	—	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
1951	3	5	138	67	27.60	—	0	1	—	1	—	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.

1951-07-05
First available scorecard
Test v England · Manchester
1953-12-11
First century in this archive · 101 runs
Test v New Zealand · Durban
1955-06-23
Highest recorded innings · 142 runs
Test v England · Lord's
1964-12-23
Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Johannesburg