Joseph Emile Patrick McMaster (16 March 1861 – 7 June 1929)[1] was an Irish amateur cricketer and umpire who played in one retrospectively-recognised Test match for England in 1899.

Educated at Harrow, McMaster was a right-handed batsman and, uniquely, a player whose Test and first-class career consisted of a single match;[2] also, he did not score a run, take a wicket or hold a catch.

[4] In 1888, Sir Donald Currie agreed to sponsor the first English cricket team to visit South Africa.

They were played at the St George's Oval in Port Elizabeth and the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town; England won both convincingly.

[8] McMaster returned to England after the tour ended and is known to have played in club cricket for a team called the Ne'er Do Wells.