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A UNIQUE CRICKET CONTRIBUTION

By Ron Reed Sportshounds.com.au JACK Potter enjoyed two pretty good cricket careers – one as a player and one as a coach, both of which were celebrated in Melbourne on Friday when his biography, Born Lucky, was launched at a lunch put on by the Australian Cricket Society and the Victorian Taverners. Potter, 82, is […]

JACK POTTER’S BORN LUCKY

A Review by Ken Davis My first meeting with Jack Potter occurred at Windy Hill when as a 16 year old I was starting my District cricket career with the Bombers. Priding myself at being a reasonably athletic fielder who typically fielded in gully or the covers, I was somewhat taken aback when our captain […]

if not me, who?

Tony Greig was among the first millionaire cricketers, amiable, engaging, charismatic, a born leader. He was also a realist and when Ian Botham started his arresting rise towards England’s Test team, Greig knew that his cherished days as an international cricketer were limited.

BORN TO PLAY, THE BARRY DAVIS STORY

It’s 60 years since a teenage Barry Davis rode his pushbike into Windy Hill and parked it outside Essendon’s dressing rooms. Alec Epis was walking past, introduced himself and told him to ‘bring it in here… it’ll be safer inside’.