He no-balled Doug Wright three balls in succession for overstepping, and this courageous act may have led to his first Test appointment the following year.
His last match – also at Adelaide and with Ron Wright as his partner - was between Australia and England on 30 January to 5 February 1959.
McDonald pulled a thigh muscle and had resumed batting with a runner, when a Run out appeal was made at the bowler’s end.
[1] According to his Wisden obituary he "won a solid reputation for his judgement, impartiality and bearing, but became mired in controversy on the 1958-59 tour [of Australia by England] when he was blamed by the English press after some bad decisions and for not stamping out throwing and dragging among the Australian fast bowlers".
McInnes stood six feet four and a half inches tall, and played Australian rules football for North Adelaide and cricket for Prospect before enlisting in the AIF in 1940.