Mark William McPhee (25 January 1964 – 15 August 1999) was an Australian cricketer who played for

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from 1984 to 1999.

Career

Having previously attended the

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and played for the Western Australia under-19 cricket team, McPhee made his first-class debut for Western Australia against

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in November 1984, scoring 85 runs from 127 balls batting at number five before being dismissed by

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. Playing almost exclusively as an opening batsman, McPhee recorded two

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in his first-class career, with a highest score of 135. In total, McPhee scored 1699 runs in 40 first-class games at an

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of 27.85, and 594 runs in 17

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games at an average of 37.12, with a highest score of 97. In August 1999, McPhee was killed when a truck collided with his four-wheel drive near Gingin. The Mark McPhee Memorial Trophy was established by the

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and

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s, the two teams he played for in the

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competition.Clubs to play for Mark McPhee Shield
– ESPNCricinfo. Published 28 September 1999. Retrieved 6 October 2011.

References

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