Michael John Macaulay (19 April 1939 – 10 December 2021) was a South African
cricket
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er who played in one
Test match in 1965.
A left-arm pace bowler who sometimes also bowled spin, Macaulay was educated at
Hilton College where he played for the 1st XI. He made his first-class debut for
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against
Border in 1957–58, becoming a regular player in 1959–60. In 1963–64, playing for
Orange Free State in the B Section of the
Currie Cup, he took 37 wickets at 13.35, including career-best figures of 7 for 49 (11 for 97 in the match) against
Rhodesia
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at Bloemfontein.
Selected for a South African Colts XI against the
MCC touring team in 1964–65, Macaulay made 55 not out, his first first-class 50; going in at number 11, he put on 112 for the last wicket with
Jackie Botten
James Thomas "Jackie" Botten (21 June 1938 – 14 May 2006) was a South African cricketer who played in three Tests in 1965.
Botten was an opening bowler and useful lower-order batsman who played domestic first-class cricket for North Eastern ...
in less than an hour. A few weeks later he took 7 for 58 when the MCC played Orange Free State, out of a first innings total of 199 for 7 declared. He was included in the South African team for the Fifth Test in Port Elizabeth, taking two wickets in a drawn match, bowling most of the time with a painfully injured heel.
He toured England in 1965 but the pace trio of
Peter Pollock,
Richard Dumbrill and Jackie Botten were preferred in the three Tests.
Macaulay continued to play domestic first-class cricket until a knee injury forced him to retire after the 1968–69 season. However, he returned in 1977–78 at the age of 37, taking 42 wickets for
Eastern Province at 23.14 and bowling more overs than anyone else in the country. After two games the next season he retired for good. He was the first player to represent five provinces in the Currie Cup, out of the nine that competed at the time.
[ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers'', Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 295.]
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1939 births
2021 deaths
Alumni of Hilton College (South Africa)
South Africa Test cricketers
South African cricketers
Free State cricketers
Northerns cricketers
Gauteng cricketers
Western Province cricketers
Eastern Province cricketers