Michael Stephen Anthony McEvoy (born 25 January 1956) is an Indian-born former English first-class cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket between 1976 and 1990, with the bulk of his career being between 1980 and 1984.

Michael McEvoy
Personal information
Full name
Michael Stephen Anthony McEvoy
Born (1956-01-25) 25 January 1956 (age 68)
Jorhat, Assam, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976–1981Essex
1982Cambridgeshire
1983–1984Worcestershire
1985–1990Suffolk
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 69 33
Runs scored 2,128 514
Batting average 19.17 22.34
100s/50s 1/10 0/3
Top score 103 61
Balls bowled 180 0
Wickets 3 0
Bowling average 34.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 N/A
Best bowling 3/20
Catches/stumpings 70/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 18 November 2008

He was playing for the Essex Second XI at the age of 17,[1] but his debut in first-class cricket was in a County Championship match against Middlesex in August 1976; he scored 18 and 13, opening the batting in both innings.[2] At the start of September, he scored his maiden first-class half-century, producing an innings of 61 against Somerset.[3]

McEvoy remained a bit-part player in the Essex side for the rest of the 1970s, but this changed in 1980 when he played in 16 first-class and eight List A games. His final aggregate of 600 first-class runs was the most he scored in any season, albeit with only two fifties and an average of little more than 20.[4] He again played a fair number of first-team games in 1981, and claimed his only three first-class wickets when he took 3/20 against Middlesex at Lord's,[5] but he was confined to the Second XI after mid-July and left Essex at the end of the season.

Without a first-class county to play for in 1982, McEvoy turned out for Cambridgeshire in minor counties cricket, and made his maiden List A half-century in scoring 52 against Warwickshire in the NatWest Trophy.[6] In 1983, he returned to senior cricket with Worcestershire, and near the end of the season hit his only first-class hundred when he struck 103 against Warwickshire.[7] He averaged 22.76 in scoring 569 first-class runs that summer, his highest in any season, but in 1984 that figure collapsed to 14.46, and his total of 188 runs from 13 innings told its own story.[4]

That was that as far as McEvoy's first-class career was concerned, but he then enjoyed several seasons with Suffolk, playing quite regularly from 1985 until 1990, and then occasionally until 1992.[8] He scored four centuries in the space of six weeks in 1989,[9] and appeared in Suffolk's losing Championship final against Cheshire in 1985, though he was dismissed for just 5.[10] He played one List A game in the NatWest Trophy each year from 1985 to 1990.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Essex Second XI v Kent Second XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  2. ^ "Essex v Middlesex in 1976". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Essex v Somerset in 1976". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  4. ^ a b "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Michael McEvoy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Middlesex v Essex in 1981". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Warwickshire v Cambridgeshire in 1982". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Warwickshire v Worcestershire in 1983". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  8. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Michael McEvoy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  9. ^ "Player Oracle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  10. ^ "Cheshire v Suffolk in 1985". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2008.

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