Birth name | Brian John McKechnie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 6 November 1953||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gore, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (12 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Southland Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut(cap 21) | 7 June 1975 v East Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 1 February 1981 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971/72–1985/86 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971/72–1986/87 | Southland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,2 May 2017 |
Brian John McKechnie (born 6 November 1953) is a former "double All Black" - representing New Zealand in both rugby union and cricket. He was born at Gore in Southland and educated at Southland Boys' High School. [2]
He played 26 matches for the All Blacks as a first five-eighth and fullback,most memorably being the player to kick the winning penalty goal against Wales in 1978 when Andy Haden dived out off a lineout near full-time and was apparently awarded a penalty (the referee later said the penalty was for a completely separate incident and was clearly visible in video footage) which would secure the "Grand Slam" for the All Blacks against the home country unions.
As a cricketer,McKechnie was an economical right-arm pace bowler and useful lower-order batsman who played 14 one day games for the New Zealand national cricket team,including in the 1975 and 1979 World Cup tournaments in England. [3] His last match for New Zealand was the infamous "underarm match" against Australia in 1981,when McKechnie was the batsman who faced Trevor Chappell's underarm delivery in the final ball of the match,throwing his bat away in disgust after blocking the delivery. McKechnie represented Otago in top-level domestic competitions from 1971–72 to 1985–86 and played Hawke Cup cricket for Southland until 1986–87. [3] He later served on the national selection panel. [4] [5] [6] [7]
With Lynn McConnell,he wrote McKechnie:Double All Black:An Autobiography (Craigs,Invercargill) in 1983. [8]
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