THE MAN WHO PUT BACK HIS AGE
Tony Dell was hopeful of breaking into Queensland’s Sheffield Shield team for the start of the 1970-71 summer. He was just back from serving in Vietnam. Tall and imposing at 196cm (6ft 5in), he looked an immediate prospect. ‘How old are you son?’ said Sam Trimble, Queensland’s long time captain. ‘Twenty-five.’ ‘Tell ‘em (the selectors) […]