Richard Bede McCosker OAM (born 11 December 1946) is a former Australian cricketer.

He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.

He is well remembered for playing in the 1977 Centenary Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after he had his jaw broken by a bouncer off Bob Willis in the 1st innings.

In the second innings he batted at number ten in bandages with his jaw wired shut, making 25, and sharing a 54 run partnership for the ninth wicket in with Rod Marsh.

He was selected as 12th man for NSW in 1973-74[1] He scored a century in his debut first class game.

[2] He was picked in the Australian side for the fourth test against England replacing Wally Edwards.

[7] He was picked in the squad to tour England to play the World Cup and a four-test series.

[18] He was 95 not out with one day to play the test was abandoned due to the pitch being vandalised.

[21][22] At the beginning of the 1975–76 season McCosker was appointed captain of NSW when Doug Walters was injured.

[27] "I am sure Rick is good enough to fight his way back into the team", said Greg Chappell.

[36] In the first innings he hooked a ball for four, then broke his jaw off a Bob Willis bouncer when he got out.

In the second innings Australia were in a strong-ish position but McCosker went out to bat with a broken jaw.

"It was such a strenuous program of cricket at such a high standard over a long period of time.

He played well for NSW, taking part in a 319 run partnership with John Dyson against WA, and thought he was an "outside chance" of making the test team.

[67] McCosker was back in the Australian one day team in 1981–82, replacing an injured Graeme Wood.

"I've got to look at the business scene and the home front before I tell the selectors I'm available to play and perhaps take on the leadership again," he said in June 1983.

"[72] He decided to play on and led NSW to the Sheffield Shield in 1982–83, the first time they had won that trophy in a number of years.

In mid-2012, about 18 months after retiring from his financial planning business, McCosker became Catholic chaplain to the Port of Newcastle.

"We would get a couple of buses and get the seafarers and bring them into town, where they could contact their families, go shopping, and just basically get off the ship".

[78] McCosker relinquished his role as Chaplain in 2016, but he continues to work as a volunteer at Newcastle's Mission to Seafarers.