Herb McGirr

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = New Zealand
country = New Zealand
country abbrev = NZ
name = Herb McGirr
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm medium
tests = 2
test runs = 51
test bat avg = 51.00
test 100s/50s = 0/1
test top score = 51
test balls = 180
test wickets = 1
test bowl avg = 115.00
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 1/65
test catches/stumpings = 0/-
FCs = 88
FC runs = 3992
FC bat avg = 28.71
FC 100s/50s = 5/23
FC top score = 141
FC balls = 14973
FC wickets = 239
FC bowl avg = 27.49
FC 5s = 9
FC 10s = 1
FC best bowling = 7/45
FC catches/stumpings = 54/-
debut date = 14 February
debut year = 1930
last date = 21 February
last year = 1930
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37704.html Cricinfo

Herbert Mendelson McGirr (born November 5, 1891, Wellington, died April 14, 1964, Nelson) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in two Tests in 1930.

An all-rounder who had almost 20 years of first-class cricket with Wellington, McGirr was a middle or lower order batsman who hit the ball hard and a steady medium-paced bowler. He toured England with the New Zealand cricket team under Tom Lowry in 1927, and scored more than 700 runs and took 49 wickets. No Tests were played on that tour.

In the 1929-30 season, when the MCC side under Harold Gilligan played the first Tests against New Zealand, McGirr featured in only the third and fourth Tests, both at Eden Park, Auckland. The third Test was ruined by rain; McGirr did not bat and took no wickets. The fourth, arranged hastily to compensate for the washout, fared little better in terms of weather, but McGirr scored a half-century and took his only Test wicket, that of Stan Nichols.

McGirr's obituary in Wisden in 1965 records that he played club cricket until he was 67, and gave up then only because "he slipped when taking in the milk" the day after scoring 70ref|w65.

References

* Wisden 1965, page 969.