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Re graeme wood. Complete campaigner off field too. He was at our district club one day watching his son play against us. At the time he was one of the higher ups at Swan brewery who sponsored the WACA and grade cricket. He noticed on the bottom shelf nearly out of view there was a 6 pack of tooheys old that we kept for some old boys to drink. He said if it wasn't removed there would be a please explain coming from the WACA and Swan Brewery. ****wit
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That is the most f**ked thing ever lmao. Wood was a deadset rabbit caught in the headlights when the run was on alright. Like the worst cognitive dissonance you ever saw. Half of him wants to run the other half wants no part of it.
He must be terrible to live with. "You want a beer Graeme"?
"Yes"!!! ........"No"!!!!
That ton looks like it was against the West Indies mate. Must have been a fair innings with their bowling attack and Australia only made about 170. Good commentary from Bill, when Wood confronted the spectator: "That's a bit foolish Graeme, just keep walking."
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Yea that was the one. Wood looking like he wanted to go on with it in the stands lol. IIRC Ian chappell said wood's got his second victim of the day after the second runout, and that his batting partner would be quite within his right to let him know exactly how he feels in the dressing room
Roger Woolley was my first real cricket coach at grade level many many years ago and was livid if he ever saw any of us being run-out. His 3 simple rules were:
1. Ball goes behind batsmen, watch ball, your call
2. Ball goes in front of batsmen, watch batsmen, his call
3. Always use WAIT! or YES! for calls, anything else is unacceptable
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Yep that's what most of us got taught. You'd wonder who wood's coach was?
Yep, that's classic Wood, trying to react to the other batsmen's intentions, rather than watching the ball and making a call.....
Do not recall him. What state did he play for ?
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It said WA.
There are a few articles about him on google and youtube footage of him bowling to Viv Richards who has said he was one of the quickest he ever faced.
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yeah, but footage was English domestic cricket so that in itself did nothing to make me think he was Australian which was context of where his name got brought up in relation to previous post of mine. But this I found makes it far more clear... "Spencer was born in Nelson, Lancashire, in 1972, and his family emigrated to Perth when he was five " so yeah, must have played some Shield cricket so good get as obscure as completely escaped my memory in our domestic scene.
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Steve Smith is obscure enough that plenty do not recall him being a one day opener for Australia at one point and might have played a Test at some point in mid 80's in West Indies.
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Did anyone notice the batting card at the end of the runout king's video?
1. Wood, 2. Stumpy Laird, 3. John Dyson, 6. Rick Darling.
Obviously couldn't squeeze Hilditch, Wayne Phillips and Steve Smith in as well.
Makes you understand how we ended up with Boon and Geoff Marsh opening in the Tests. Looks like we tried most regular state openers and they either had a narrow peak or no peak. Then you factor in rebel tours...
1. Wood, 2. Stumpy Laird, 3. John Dyson, 6. Rick Darling.
Obviously couldn't squeeze Hilditch, Wayne Phillips and Steve Smith in as well.
Makes you understand how we ended up with Boon and Geoff Marsh opening in the Tests. Looks like we tried most regular state openers and they either had a narrow peak or no peak. Then you factor in rebel tours...
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It's interesting how most of Australia's fastest bowlers from the early 90's were short AF.
Spencer, Holdsworth, Shane George, Denis Hickey (probably more late 80's though) and a couple others who's names escape me right now
Spencer, Holdsworth, Shane George, Denis Hickey (probably more late 80's though) and a couple others who's names escape me right now
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Classic Bill Lawry. "Someone in the crowd has suggested to Graeme Wood that his running between wickets isn't all that flash".
Or the dulcet tones of R Benaud during an 78/79 Ashes test when Graeme Wood ran out Rick Darling (for about the 10th time):
"Oh dear, well Darling really left stranded in no-mans land there! That could be an interesting discussion in the dressing rooms later?"
It's surprising you don't the drug saga with Malcolm Speed at WA & Victoria was big news at the time for most Australian cricket followers.
Recalling Duncan Spencer, the cricketer who lived fast and bowled even faster
Duncan Spencer played football as a kid, before taking up cricket and becoming a batsman. Then he found his sporting superpower: he could bowl ‘quite quick’
Do not remember it. Probably will not remember Sam Murray much in a few decades times either. Drug saga stuff seems a common thing now with WADA, ASADA..It's surprising you don't the drug saga with Malcolm Speed at WA & Victoria was big news at the time for most Australian cricket followers.
Recalling Duncan Spencer, the cricketer who lived fast and bowled even faster
Duncan Spencer played football as a kid, before taking up cricket and becoming a batsman. Then he found his sporting superpower: he could bowl ‘quite quick’www.theguardian.com
I don't remember this guy, but I read about him in a stats book when I was a kid: Rodney Redmond from NZ.
'He scored a century and a fifty in his only Test, against Pakistan in 1972-73, giving him a Test batting average of 81.50. His century included 5 successive fours off a Majid Khan over and came at almost a run-a-ball.[1][2] He also played two One Day Internationals. He was picked for the 1973 tour of England, but showed little form, having trouble with his contact lenses, and was not chosen for the Tests.[3][4]'
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His first class average was 33.69, so I guess it could be argued that he was never gunna be a Test star
'He scored a century and a fifty in his only Test, against Pakistan in 1972-73, giving him a Test batting average of 81.50. His century included 5 successive fours off a Majid Khan over and came at almost a run-a-ball.[1][2] He also played two One Day Internationals. He was picked for the 1973 tour of England, but showed little form, having trouble with his contact lenses, and was not chosen for the Tests.[3][4]'
Rodney Redmond - Wikipedia
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His first class average was 33.69, so I guess it could be argued that he was never gunna be a Test star
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I don't remember this guy, but I read about him in a stats book when I was a kid: Rodney Redmond from NZ.
'He scored a century and a fifty in his only Test, against Pakistan in 1972-73, giving him a Test batting average of 81.50. His century included 5 successive fours off a Majid Khan over and came at almost a run-a-ball.[1][2] He also played two One Day Internationals. He was picked for the 1973 tour of England, but showed little form, having trouble with his contact lenses, and was not chosen for the Tests.[3][4]'
Rodney Redmond - Wikipedia
His first class average was 33.69, so I guess it could be argued that he wasn't a superstar robbed of further opportunities
The poor man’s Andy Gaunteaume
Oooh, good triva. One-Test Wonders 
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Notable examples
As of October 2019, there have been 447 players who have only played one Test match.[7][8] Some of the best performances by these players are:
Darren Pattinson is an unusual one-Test wonder in that he played a single Test for England, while his brother James Pattinson had a more successful Test career with Australia.
As of May 2007, fourteen one-Test wonders have also played in a single One Day International for their team.[16]
One-Test wonder - Wikipedia
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Notable examples
As of October 2019, there have been 447 players who have only played one Test match.[7][8] Some of the best performances by these players are:
- Andy Ganteaume, who scored 112 for the West Indies in his only Test innings in 1948, and so has the highest Test batting average of all time.[9]
- Rodney Redmond is the only other player to have scored a century in his only Test, scoring 107 and 56 while opening the batting for New Zealand in 1973.[10]
- West Indian Vic Stollmeyer, brother of Jeff Stollmeyer, scored 96 in his only Test.[11]
- Stuart Law scored 54 not out in his only Test innings for Australia, leaving him without a Test average.[12]
- Gobo Ashley took 7 for 95 for South Africa in the first innings of his single Test in 1889.[13]
- Charles Marriott recorded match figures of 11 for 96 (5 for 37 and 6 for 59) in his only Test for England in 1933.[14][15] No other bowler has taken more than ten wickets in his only Test.[16]
- Among wicket-keepers, Indian player Rajindernath made four stumpings in his only Test, but was not called on to bat.[17]
- Ed Joyce played in Ireland's first Test match in May 2018, and announced his retirement from all cricket one week later.[18]
- Andy Lloyd scored 10 runs (not out) for England in his only test against the West Indies, in June 1984, before being struck on the head (helmeted), by a short-pitched delivery from Malcolm Marshall. Although subsequently recovering from the injury, he never played for his national team again.
Darren Pattinson is an unusual one-Test wonder in that he played a single Test for England, while his brother James Pattinson had a more successful Test career with Australia.
As of May 2007, fourteen one-Test wonders have also played in a single One Day International for their team.[16]
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Was looking through South Africa's list of leading test wicket takers and stumbled across the raging bull that was Monantie Hayward. A tearaway quick who should have had more success than he did due to a crap attitude.
Remember he came to Australia with big wraps on him but we sent him packing with his tail between his legs after only a couple of tests. Was genuinely quick though (mid 140's iirc)
Remember he came to Australia with big wraps on him but we sent him packing with his tail between his legs after only a couple of tests. Was genuinely quick though (mid 140's iirc)
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I don’t remember there being much wrong with his attitude, just a complete lack of bowling intelligence
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