John Maclean (Australian cricketer)

For the English cricketer, see John MacLean (English cricketer).

John Alexander Maclean MBE^[1] (born 27 April 1946) is a former Australian Test cricketer who played in four Test matches and two One Day Internationals in 1978 and 1979.

John Maclean

Maclean in 1971
Personal information
Full name	John Alexander Maclean
Born	(1946-04-27) 27 April 1946 (age 79) Herston, Queensland, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 298)	1 December 1978 v England
Last Test	6 January 1979 v England
ODI debut (cap 51)	13 January 1979 v England
Last ODI	24 January 1979 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1968/69–1978/79	Queensland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 4 2 108 22 Runs scored 79 11 3,888 232 Batting average 11.28 11.00 24.45 19.33 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/14 0/1 Top score 33* 11 156 61* Catches/stumpings 18/– 0/– 354/31 35/1
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2018

Early life and education

Maclean was born on 27 April, 1946 in Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and educated at Brisbane State High School. He completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland.^{[citation needed]}

Career

A wicket-keeper, Maclean played for Australia following the defection of many of the leading Australian cricketers to the competing World Series Cricket competition.

The Queensland Cricket Association (QCA) granted Maclean a benefit in the 1978/79 season; only the second benefit (after Sam Trimble) granted by the QCA.^[2] He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1980 for his services to cricket.^[1]

In 2007, Maclean was the Workgroup Manager of Land and Infrastructure Development at Opus International Consultants in Brisbane as well as an advisor to the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) through the QAS Board. Before this position Maclean was chairman of Development Planning Pty Ltd and a director of Farr Evrat Engineers and Tabletop Architects and Planners.^{[citation needed]}

Family

Maclean has four adult sons.^{[citation needed]}