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Charlie Macartney
Thu, June 14 2018
India vs Afghanistan: Shikhar Dhawan 6th to score hundred in first session of Test
Victor Trumper, Charlie Macartney, Don Bradman, Majid Khan, and David Warner are the only others to have done this.
Tue, July 04 2017
The M’s: A major force with a magnificent bowling attack
Composing one from the cricketers with their last names starting with M, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta finds plenty of big names, with a magnificent bowling attack.
Thu, October 03 2013
Ashes 1926: Charlie Macartney scores century before lunch, after England captain Arthur Carr drops him off the fourth ball
July 24, 1926. After England captain Arthur Carr put Australia in to bat at Headingley, Maurice Tate dismissed Warren Bardsley with the very first ball; and then transpired a phase of play that remained a lifelong nightmare for the captain. Arunabha Sengupta writes about the day when Macartney was dropped by Carr off the fourth ball he faced and raced to a hundred before lunch.