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About Jim de Courcy
- James Harry de Courcy (18 April 1927, Newcastle, New South Wales – 20 June 2000, Belmont, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played in three Tests on the 1953 Australian tour of England. De Courcy was a dashing right-handed middle-order batsman who played for New South Wales for 10 years from the 1947-48 season.
- A regular as a specialist batsman in the state side from 1949–50, he did not make a first-class century until late in the 1951-52 season, when he hit 114 against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match at Sydney.
- That remained his highest score in Australia, though he added a second domestic cricket century the following season, 1952–53, in the match against Victoria at Melbourne.The 1952-53 season was de Courcy's most successful in Australian cricket, with 503 runs at an average of 41.91 runs per innings.
- He was picked as an extra batsman for the 1953 tour of England, and outside the Test series on the tour was one of the most successful batsmen in first-class matches, scoring 1214 runs at an average of 41.86.
- His four centuries on the tour were the four highest scores of his career, and were headed by 204 in an end-of-season match against Combined Services, when he was outdone by 262 not out from Keith Miller, with whom he shared a partnership of 377 in 205 minutes for the fourth wicket.De Courcy's mid-season form saw him brought into the Test side for the Third Test at Old Trafford.
- He was, said Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, "brim full of confidence" and he made 41 in quick time, though some of his strokes "flew perilously over the fielders".
- He retained his place in the Test team for the final two matches of The Ashes series, but added only 40 more runs in five innings, one of them not out.
- De Courcy had a good season for New South Wales in 1953-54, improving his batting average to 49.00, though failing to score a century.
- He did not do well in matches for an Australian XI or New South Wales against the MCC side in 1954-55 and had a poor season in first-class cricket, failing to retain his Test or state place.
- He made single appearances in each of the next three seasons before retiring into grade cricket in the Newcastle area. According to his obituary in Wisden, he was a taciturn man who earned the nickname "Words." He was a boilermaker by trade.
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