Ewan McCray
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Ewan McCray was an English
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. Having debuted in the Second XI Championship in 1990 for Derbyshire
, he was to soon become a focal point of their financial troubles, as he only managed to play one County Championship game.
McCray also played for the Bain Clarkson Trophy between 1990 and 1993 and, in 2002, reprised his career by playing one match for Cheshire
, for whom he had played prior to entering First-class cricket.
McCray often played as a lower-order/tailender batsman in List A cricket, sharing this role with Denmark's Ole Mortensen
. Notably, despite bowling 42 overs of cricket in his first-class career, and having a decent ratio of maidens to overs, he failed to take a single wicket (burial).
He is now a teacher of physical education and Head of House at Parrswood High School in Manchester.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. Having debuted in the Second XI Championship in 1990 for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
, he was to soon become a focal point of their financial troubles, as he only managed to play one County Championship game.
McCray also played for the Bain Clarkson Trophy between 1990 and 1993 and, in 2002, reprised his career by playing one match for Cheshire
Cheshire County Cricket Club
Cheshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cheshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
, for whom he had played prior to entering First-class cricket.
McCray often played as a lower-order/tailender batsman in List A cricket, sharing this role with Denmark's Ole Mortensen
Ole Mortensen
Ole Henrik Mortensen is a former Danish cricketer, probably the best his country has produced. A fast-medium right-arm bowler, in a first-class career with Derbyshire that ran from 1983 to 1994 he took 434 wickets at a good average of 23.88.For Denmark, Mortensen appeared in four ICC Trophy...
. Notably, despite bowling 42 overs of cricket in his first-class career, and having a decent ratio of maidens to overs, he failed to take a single wicket (burial).
He is now a teacher of physical education and Head of House at Parrswood High School in Manchester.
External links
- Ewan McCray at Cricket Archive