Charles George Macartney was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Test matches between 1907 and 1926.
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Victor Trumper, Macartney's friend and role model.![Macartney's Test career batting performance, showing the marked improvement post World War I. The red bars indicate an individual innings, while the blue lines indicate the batting average in the ten most recent innings. The blue dots indicate innings in which he remained not out.[16]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Charlie_Macartney_graph.png/500px-Charlie_Macartney_graph.png)
Macartney's Test career batting performance, showing the marked improvement post World War I. The red bars indicate an individual innings, while the blue lines indicate the batting average in the ten most recent innings. The blue dots indicate innings in which he remained not out.[16]
Don Bradman, regarded as the greatest batsman in cricket history, cited Macartney as an inspiration.
The successful 1921 Australian team. Macartney is third from the right in the middle row
Charlie Macartney, "The Governor-General"Teams 3
Australia national cricket team1907-1926
New South Wales cricket team
Otago cricket team
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Connected to Charlie 6
Lee GermonAlso played for Otago cricket team
Bert OldfieldAlso played for New South Wales cricket teamBeau CassonAlso played for New South Wales cricket teamStuart McCullumAlso played for Otago cricket team
Mark RichardsonAlso played for Otago cricket team
Stephen O'KeefeAlso played for New South Wales cricket teamAbout this person
Charles George Macartney was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Test matches between 1907 and 1926. He was known as "The Governor-General" in reference to his authoritative batting style and his flamboyant strokeplay, which drew comparisons with his close friend and role model Victor Trumper, regarded as one of the most elegant batsmen in cricketing history. Sir Donald Bradman - generally regarded as the greatest batsman in history - cited Macartney's dynamic batting as an inspiration in his cricket career.
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deceased
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Lived 1886 to 1958 · aged 72
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