Reviewing Karl Schneider
This review from Charles Barr in the Association of Cricket Historians quarterly journal, soon to be released:
Category: News
Karl alive and well at Xavier
Teenage prodigy Karl Schneider was destined for stardom when selected ahead of a young Don Bradman for Australia’s 1928 tour of New Zealand.
THE FIRST BALL AFTER LUNCH, signed by John Benaud
Due in at the end of March, are signed copies of John Benaud’s new book on the 1973 Australian tour of the West Indies, entitled ‘The First Ball After Lunch’
Blood on the Tracks
It was the summer of speed which smashed cricket’s modus operandi forever. So relentless were the volleys of ‘throat’ balls from Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee in 1974-75, that the departing English blessed themselves that no one had been killed. ‘One tour too many,’ 35-year-old Brian Luckhurst told a teammate.
