Click here to get a FREE 20 page preview of Ken’s Memoir “Living the Dream”

LIVING THE DREAM EXCERPTS

KEN PIESSE’s just-published autobiography is a delightful mixture of fun, anecdotes and nostalgia, covering his 60 years in cricket and football Here is a sneak peek: The past can be intoxicating, compelling, mesmeric. The heroes of our youth are championed, their flaws and foibles forgiven. Like JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, they remain ever young, electric, […]

Cricket’s lost prodigy, due soon

Xavier College prodigy Karl Schneider was destined for stardom when selected ahead of a young Don Bradman for Australia’s 1928 tour of New Zealand, until cruelly being struck down by illness. His feats were one so young were astonishing and included, while still a schoolboy, a major part in Victoria’s world record first-class score. A […]