KEEPER OF STYLE: JOHN MURRAY’S STORY
John Murray was one of the great ones. Not a champion cricketer, in the ilk of a Edrich or Compton, his early Middlesex teammates, but a champion bloke, kind, modest, brave, loyal and always exceedingly generous.
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Bob’s Boys, signed by most of the team
Remember the swinging ‘60s? The Beatles… Flower Power… all the way with LBJ. It was a time of change, everywhere. And 50 years on, nostalgic re-glimpses of those good old days continue to entertain and excite. In cricket, one of the brightest stars of the ‘60s was a Melburnian Bob Cowper, son of an Australian […]
REVIEW: BORDER’S BATTLERS
It may well have been the greatest Test match of all, better than The Oval 1926, Headingley 1948 and even Edgbaston 2005. With all its sub-plots, spats, heroes and tension, it can be argued that Madras 1986 was even more thrilling than the original tied Test in Brisbane 1960.
REVIEW: MY SONG SHALL BE CRICKET
Franklyn Stephenson was an extraordinary, innovative cricketer. First time at the MCG he took 10-46. His slower ball became the most famed in English cricket. He was switch-hitting long before KP. He was the last to do the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets. Yet his career is forever underrated – and tainted.
