Colin McCool
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Colin Leslie McCool was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Test matches between 1946 and 1950. McCool, born in Paddington, New South Wales, was an all-rounder who bowled leg spin and googlies wi
Colin Mc Cool
McCool with fellow members of the No. 33 Squadron at Laloki River, New Guinea circa 1943. McCool is in the front row, centre.
McCool on a 1948 card
McCool (left) with Invincibles teammate Arthur Morris at a function in 1979
Doug Ring
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Douglas Thomas Ring was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and for Australia in 13 Test matches between 1948 and 1953. In 129 first-class cricket matches, he took 426 wickets bowling leg
Colin McCool
…rest of his career, McCool was troubled by the skin rubbing off his spinning finger. McCool and his fellow fringe members of the squad, Ron Hamence and Doug Ring, would refer themselves as the "ground-staff" as it was unlikely that the tour selectors would include them in the Test team that tour. The cricket…
Ring in 1948
Doug Ring is congratulated by his colleagues at the Melbourne Department of Commerce on 25 February 1948 after being selected to tour England.
Ring in New Zealand in 1950
Ring (right) and Bill Johnston (left) leave the field after their unbroken last wicket stand guided Australia to victory over the West Indies in the Fourth Test at the MCG in 1951–52.