Richard Stobo is adopted WA paceman Charlie Stobo's father fwiw.
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I can recall Kenny, Horn & Patterson being more than decent grade players in Sydney.
Think Stobo played FC and Buzzard definitely did.
Waugh, Waugh, Taylor & Robertson we all know. Better than average result from a squad.
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Viv hooking Lillee, WACA 1975-76
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No helmets. The old pads with the buckles......bats as heavy as f*****.
Great days!!!
Not sure about the bats being heavy - definitely pressed harder but haven’t come across too many real heavy ones - picked up quite a lot of international players bats in my days and the thing that stood out was how light they were
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I guess I meant that in relation to the bats these days, they were relatively heavy.
I used GM Maestro that I bought in the 1980's for about 12 years (was the best bat I ever had). Once it was passed its use by date, bought a new GM and couldn't believe the difference in weight.
Clearly you are a man of fine taste as from 1990 thru until about 2010 I had nothing but GM’s (Maestro, Autograph Original, Purist and Purist II) - I remember picking up Jonty Rhodes bat one day and it would have flat out 2lb 4oz but he reckoned he just needed quick hands. I still have my Purist from 20 years ago - it’s in mint condition given it’s use but when you compare it to todays models it’s like chalk and cheese - but it made a lot of runs
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any clips of the bowler bowling around the wicket to compare?
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No bats are heavier these days and the last 15 years or so. Maybe closer to 20 now. Since they started using softer wood and pressing them less. A 2'8" was considered on the heavy side in the 90's and if you were using a 2'12' + you got ribbed. "Who do you think you are; Clive Lloyd?"
The modern bats pick up lighter, due to being larger and less dense, but are heavier overall.
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Agree. The Maestro I had was far superior to anything else I tried including Gray Nicholls bats.
Like you, I still have the Maestro. I pick it every now and again & reminisce!!
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Two of the very best….
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Apologies - I wasn't sure where this would fit....
Was reading about former English keeper Jack Russell not long ago. For those who can remember him, he was an excellent keeper who played 50 odd tests for England but somewhat looked out of the place on the cricket field....
Probably remembered most for his gutsy 128* against Australia at Old Trafford in 1989 and his leg side stumping of Dean Jones at the SCG in 1990/91.
I knew he was a bit odd from what former team mates had said in the media but I didn't know to what extent: !!
Russell was known for his painting, and his protective attitude to his family life.[24] None of his Gloucestershire team-mates were ever invited to his home, and he claimed if they ever asked he would be more than willing if they agreed to be blindfolded; the builders who constructed the extension to it were subjected to the same treatment.[24]
His fitness regime included running every day, and while driving between games Russell would be clad in a sleeping bag with the bottom cut out, so as not to get a chill in his back and legs.[22] He reverted to driving an automatic vehicle so as not to put extra strain on his left leg by consistently using the clutch.
Some of his more notable oddities included a diet to supplement his extreme fitness regime, which consisted largely of tea, biscuits, and baked beans. Like his mentor, Alan Knott, a heavy tea drinker, Russell would often get through 20 cups a day. He used to dip the tea bag in once, add plenty of milk, then hang it on a nail ready for subsequent use. In the final Test of the 1989 Ashes series (against Australia) at the Oval, Derek Pringle counted that he used the same bag for all five days, which roughly equates to 100 cups.[25] For lunch, Russell would eat two Weetabix, soaked for exactly fifteen minutes in cold milk. He was one of the first to eat bananas on the field of play at drinks break. For dinner, steak and chips or chicken without skin was a favourite meal – Russell once spent every night of a Test at a Chinese restaurant in Perth, ordering chicken and cashews: without the cashews.[24]
He also insisted on always wearing the same battered old flowerpot sunhat during his time out in the field, a constant companion from his debut in 1981 to his last game in 2004.[24] Russell lined up the ball with the specially cut back rim, but it ended up rather worn out. Only his wife Aileen was allowed to repair it, while Russell carried an emergency repair kit of cotton thread and rubber.[24] Its state of age and hence apparent disrepair caused more than one argument with the authorities. Russell refused to wear the official coloured one-day sunhat in South Africa, with a compromise only reached when it was agreed the hat was indeed coloured because it was an off-grey.[22] On one occasion in the West Indies, Russell placed it in an oven to dry; a few minutes later the hat was overbaked and caught fire, and was only just rescued from total incineration – the top collapsed like puff pastry on removal.[24]
Russell has stated his desire that his hands be amputated after his death, and preserved in formaldehyde.[22]
Was reading about former English keeper Jack Russell not long ago. For those who can remember him, he was an excellent keeper who played 50 odd tests for England but somewhat looked out of the place on the cricket field....
Probably remembered most for his gutsy 128* against Australia at Old Trafford in 1989 and his leg side stumping of Dean Jones at the SCG in 1990/91.
I knew he was a bit odd from what former team mates had said in the media but I didn't know to what extent: !!
Russell was known for his painting, and his protective attitude to his family life.[24] None of his Gloucestershire team-mates were ever invited to his home, and he claimed if they ever asked he would be more than willing if they agreed to be blindfolded; the builders who constructed the extension to it were subjected to the same treatment.[24]
His fitness regime included running every day, and while driving between games Russell would be clad in a sleeping bag with the bottom cut out, so as not to get a chill in his back and legs.[22] He reverted to driving an automatic vehicle so as not to put extra strain on his left leg by consistently using the clutch.
Some of his more notable oddities included a diet to supplement his extreme fitness regime, which consisted largely of tea, biscuits, and baked beans. Like his mentor, Alan Knott, a heavy tea drinker, Russell would often get through 20 cups a day. He used to dip the tea bag in once, add plenty of milk, then hang it on a nail ready for subsequent use. In the final Test of the 1989 Ashes series (against Australia) at the Oval, Derek Pringle counted that he used the same bag for all five days, which roughly equates to 100 cups.[25] For lunch, Russell would eat two Weetabix, soaked for exactly fifteen minutes in cold milk. He was one of the first to eat bananas on the field of play at drinks break. For dinner, steak and chips or chicken without skin was a favourite meal – Russell once spent every night of a Test at a Chinese restaurant in Perth, ordering chicken and cashews: without the cashews.[24]
He also insisted on always wearing the same battered old flowerpot sunhat during his time out in the field, a constant companion from his debut in 1981 to his last game in 2004.[24] Russell lined up the ball with the specially cut back rim, but it ended up rather worn out. Only his wife Aileen was allowed to repair it, while Russell carried an emergency repair kit of cotton thread and rubber.[24] Its state of age and hence apparent disrepair caused more than one argument with the authorities. Russell refused to wear the official coloured one-day sunhat in South Africa, with a compromise only reached when it was agreed the hat was indeed coloured because it was an off-grey.[22] On one occasion in the West Indies, Russell placed it in an oven to dry; a few minutes later the hat was overbaked and caught fire, and was only just rescued from total incineration – the top collapsed like puff pastry on removal.[24]
Russell has stated his desire that his hands be amputated after his death, and preserved in formaldehyde.[22]
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