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Full name Roy Alastair McLean
Born July 9, 1930, Pietermaritzberg, Natal
Died August 26, 2007, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (aged 77 years 48 days)
Major teams South Africa, Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

2120

142

30.28

First-class

200

318

10969

207

36.68

132

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

1.50

First-class

200

184

122

2/22

61.00

3.97

92.0

Career statistics

Test debut

England v South Africa at Manchester, Jul 5-10, 1951 scorecard

Last Test

South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Dec 23-29, 1964 scorecard

Test statistics

First-class span

1949/50 - 1965/66

Roy McLean's emotional coming of age took place in the fifth Test of the 1952-53 tour of Australia, when he made an unbeaten 76 in the fourth innings to lead South Africa to an astonishing series-levelling victory after the Aussies had scored 520. A cemented fixture in the middle order thereafter, McLean played through the good times and the bad until the disastrous 1960 tour of England - on which only he and fast bowler Neil Adcock performed well and were named Wisden Cricketers of the Year as a result. South African cricket had reached a nadir. A year later McLean led an unofficial tour to England by a team called the Fezelas. It proved to be the rebirth of South African cricket. No fewer than eight future Springboks were on board, including Eddie Barlow, Colin Bland, Peter Pollock and Denis Lindsay - Graeme Pollock just missed out, although everyone knew he was a future international. McLean is thus credited with being the father of the great Springbok teams of the 1960s that were prevented from testing themselves against the Rest of the World from 1970 onwards because of apartheid-induced isolation.
Neil Manthorp