List of cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia

This is a list of cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia. In the sport of cricket, strict rules govern the method of bowling the ball. The rules relate to the bending of the arm at the elbow, the extent of which has always been open to interpretation by the umpires. More recently, the International Cricket Council has attempted to codify the maximum permissible flexing of the elbow as 15 degrees.

When a player is found by the umpire to have delivered the ball contrary to those rules, the umpire will call a no-ball and he is said to have been called for throwing. Where public opinion is that a player's bowling action appears to be that he routinely throws, he is said to have a 'suspect' or an 'illegal' action, or more derogatorily, is said to be a 'chucker'. The issue is often highly emotive with accusers considering that deliveries with an illegal action are akin to cheating.

Over the years, a number of players have been called in top-class matches – Test matches, One Day Internationals and domestic first-class matches – invariably creating controversy and occasionally destroying cricket careers.Whimpress, p. 144.Whimpress, p. 146. Often the player has been able to modify his action to appease his critics and the umpires, but more commonly, especially when the bowler has been called on more than one occasion, his career in international cricket is effectively ended.Whimpress, pp. 5–9.

List of players called for throwing Note: Entries marked with blue backgrounds were called for throwing in a Test match or One Day International (ODI) played in Australia. PlayerWhimpress, pp. 154–155. Date Team Opposing team Umpire 30 March 1872 Victoria New South Wales A. Sellars 26 December 1872 NSW, Tasmania, SA XIII Victoria George Curtis 28 December 1872 Victoria NSW, Tasmania, SA XIII George Curtis 14 March 1873 Victoria Tasmania William Sidebottom 30 October 1897 South Australia Andrew Stoddart's XI Jim Phillips (Test) 4 January 1898 Australia England Jim Phillips 27 December 1900 New South Wales Victoria Bob Crockett 1 February 1901 New South Wales Victoria Bob Crockett 4 February 1901 New South Wales Victoria Bob Crockett 3 February 1911 Victoria South Africa Bob Crockett 4 February 1911 Victoria South Africa W. A. Young 7 November 1914 New South Wales Queensland unknown"Sporting News and Notes : Cricket : The Halcombe Sensation" The West Australian, 22 January 1930, p6 17 January 1930 Western Australia Victoria Andrew Barlow 24 January 1930 Western Australia Tasmania A. J. Buttsworth 25 January 1930 Western Australia Tasmania Walter Lonergan 26 January 1931 Tasmania Victoria unknown 18 December 1931 Queensland Victoria Andrew Barlow 13 November 1936 South Australia Victoria Andrew Barlow 7 March 1939 Western Australia Victoria Fred Buttsworth 14 December 1940 South Australia Victoria Andrew Barlow 17 February 1951 Western Australia Victoria Andrew Barlow 2 January 1960 Queensland New South Wales Jim Bowden 4 November 1960 South Australia Victoria Col Egar 3 March 1962 South Australia New Zealand Col Egar 11 January 1963 Victoria South Australia Jack Kierse 4 March 1963 Victoria Queensland Bill Priem (Test) 7 December 1963 Australia South Africa Col Egar 13 November 1964 Victoria South Australia Col Egar 13 November 1964 Victoria South Australia Jack Ryan 16 November 1964 Western Australia New South Wales Ted Wykes 24 November 1967 Queensland New South Wales Ted Wykes (Test) 26 December 1995 Sri Lanka Australia Darrell Hair (ODI) 5 January 1996 Sri Lanka West Indies Ross EmersonTony McQuillan 1 November 1997 Queensland Victoria Ross Emerson 11 February 1998 Queensland Tasmania Ross Emerson (ODI) 23 January 1999 Sri Lanka England Ross Emerson

See also List of international cricketers called for throwing

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