Joseph McMaster

Joseph Emile Patrick McMaster (16 March 1861 in Gilford, County Down, Ireland – 7 June 1929 in London) was a cricketer whose Test and first-class career consisted of a single match.[1] He did not score a run, take a wicket or take a catch.[2]

Joseph McMaster
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
  • English
Only Test (cap 67)25 March 1889 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 1 1
Runs scored 0 0
Batting average 0.00 0.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 0 0
Balls bowled 0 0
Wickets 0 0
Bowling average n/a n/a
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling n/a n/a
Catches/stumpings 0/0 0/0
Source:

Educated at Harrow, McMaster was one of several club cricketers who were selected for an under-strength England team that toured South Africa in 1888-89. He played as a batsman in most of the provincial matches, none of which was first-class, with a highest score of 34 not out against South Western Districts.[3] He was selected for the second and final Test match, in Cape Town, starting on 25 March 1889. England batted first, scoring 292, with McMaster, batting at number nine, making a first-ball duck. He did not bowl in South Africa's two innings of 47 and 43, with Johnny Briggs taking 15 for 28; the match ended on the second day.[4]

Two seasons later he umpired three first-class matches in South Africa.[5] His son, Michael, also played in a single first-class match.

See also

References
  1. "Herschelle the bully". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. "Has anyone taken more than Bob Willis' 325 wickets without a ten-for?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. South Western Districts v R.G. Warton's XI 1888-89
  4. South Africa v England, Cape Town 1888-89
  5. Emile McMaster as umpire
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