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 His batting averages in England, in eleven-a-side matches, were:


 * 1880 || 18 || 418 || 79 || 23.4
 * 1882 || 52 || 900 || 82 || 17.16
 * 1884 || 52 || 1225 || 103 || 23.29
 * 1888 || 6l || 1393 || 105 || 22.51
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 * 1884 || 52 || 1225 || 103 || 23.29
 * 1888 || 6l || 1393 || 105 || 22.51
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Martin McIntyre was born at Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, 15th August, 1847. His height was 5 ft. 11ns.; weight 12½ st. Nottinghamshire, like Yorkshire, has been singularly fortunate in nearly always having first-class bowlers; and in 1871, when McIntyre was at his best, it had occasion to be proud of him. He bowled fast round-arm, with a very high delivery, and when he had a wicket to suit him was quite unplayable, and frightened timid batsmen as much as ever Tarrant did. If the wicket were at all fast, and a little bit fiery or rough, his cart-wheel delivery caused the ball to get up with startling quickness, and the batsman's fingers and body were visited as often as the wicket. An occasional shooter came along, and altogether it was a lively time while it lasted. McIntyre beamed and smiled at the results; though he was always ready to apologise when an exceptionally hard knock came.

He first represented the Players in 1871. Very few first-class bowlers paid much attention to batting twenty years ago, but McIntyre was one of the exceptions; for he had good defence, and his hitting was clean, hard, and low.

He was very good-tempered, too; and whenever he committed a slight mistake it was a very difficult thing to reprove him. Once, if not twice, during my Australian tour, the hospitality of our friends on the other side was too much for him, and he stayed up later than he should have; although I had given strict orders that every one should retire early, so that we might win