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The 400 club- #121 - #140

April 1st 2008 22:43
121. Clarence Victor Grimmett
Debut: 27 Febuary, 1925
Batting
Tests: 37 Runs: 557 H.S: 50 Average: 13.92 100/50: 0/1 Catches: 17
Bowling
Tests: 37 Runs: 5229 Wickets 216 Best Bowling: 7/40 Average: 24.21 5/10: 21/7
Claim to fame: He was the first bowler to reach the milestone of 200 Test wickets. He remains the only bowler to have played fewer than forty Tests and claimed more than 200 scalps. He is credited with the developement of the flipper.

122. Alan Falconer Kippax
Debut: 27 Febuary, 1925

Batting
Tests: 22 Runs: 1192 H.S: 146 Average: 36.12 100/50: 2/8 Catches: 13
Claim to fame: In the 1930/31 home series against the West Indies, his 146 was the first Test century in matches between the two countries.

123. William Maldon "Bill" Woodful
Debut: 12 June, 1926
Batting
Tests: 35 Runs: 2300 H.S: 161 Average: 46.00 100/50: 7/13 Catches: 7
Claim to fame: Instated as Australia's nineteenth Test captain, He has the distinction of being the only captain to regain the Ashes twice. At the completion of the infamous Bodyline series, he had spent over twenty hours at the crease, more than any other Australian batsman.

124. Donald George Bradman
Debut: 30 November, 1928
Batting
Tests: 52 Runs: 6996 H.S: 334 Average: 99.94 100/50: 29/13 Catches: 32
Bowling
Tests: 52 Runs: 72 Wickets: 2 Best Bowling: 1/8 Average: 36.00
Claim to fame: He broke every batting record of his era. He remains the only Test player to score 300 runs in a day's play. He scored three double centuries in the 1930 Test series. He scored centuries in six consecutive Tests( the last three in '36/'37 and the first three in '38).


125. Herbert Ironmonger
Debut: 30 November, 1928
Batting
Tests: 14 Runs: 42 H.S: 12 Average: 2.62 Catches: 3
Bowling
Tests: 14 Runs: 1310 Wickets: 74 Best Bowling: 7/23 Average: 17.87 5/10: 4/2
Claim to fame: He made his Test debut aged 46 and retired at 50. He's the fourth oldest Test debutant, and the second oldest Test player.

126. Donald Dearness Blackie
Debut: 14 December, 1928
Batting
Tests: 3 Runs: 24 H.S: 11no Average: 8.00 Catches: 2
Bowling
Tests: 3 Runs: 444 Wickets: 14 Best Bowling 6/94 Average: 31.71 5/10: 1/0
Claim to fame: At 46 years 253 days at the time of his debut, he remains Australia's oldest debutant.

127. Otto Ernest Nothling
Debut: 14 December, 1928
Batting
Tests: 1 Runs: 52 H.S: 44 Average: 26.00

128. Edward Lambert a'Beckett
Debut: 29 December, 1928
Batting
Tests: 4 Runs: 143 H.S: 41 Average: 20.42 Catches: 4
Bowling
Tests: 4 Runs: 317 Wickets: 3 Best Bowling: 1/41 Average: 105.66

129. Ronald Keven Oxenham
Debut: 29 December, 1928
Batting
Tests: 7 Runs: 151 H.S: 48 Average: 15.09 Catches: 4
Bowling
Tests: 7 Runs: 522 Wickets: 14 Best Bowling: 4/39 Average: 37.28

130. Archibald "Archie" Jackson
Debut: 1 Febuary, 1929
Batting
Tests: 8 Runs: 474 H.S: 164 Average: 47.40 100/50: 1/2 Catches: 7
Claim to fame: His highest score of 164, made at 19 years of age, is the second highest score by an Australian on debut.

131. Alan Geoffrey Fairfax
Debut: 8 March, 1929
Batting
Tests: 10 Runs: 410 H.S: 65 Average: 51.25 100/50: 0/4 Catches: 15
Bowling
Tests: 10 Runs: 645 Wickets: 21 Best Bowling: 4/31 Average: 30.71

132. Percival Mitchell Hornibrook
Debut: 8 March, 1929
Batting
Tests: 6 Runs 60 H.S: 26 Average: 10.00 Catches: 7
Bowling
Tests: 6 Runs: 664 Wickets: 17 Best Bowling: 7/92 Average: 39.05 5/10: 1/0

133. Thomas Welbourn "Tim" Wall
Debut: 8 March, 1929
Batting
Tests: 18 Runs: 121 H.S: 20 Average: 6.36 Catches: 11
Bowling
Tests: 18 Runs: 2010 Wickets: 56 Best Bowling: 5/14 Average: 35.89 5/10: 3/0

134. Stanley Joseph McCabe
Debut: 13 June, 1930
Batting
Tests: 39 Runs 2748 H.S: 232 Average: 48.21 100/50: 6/13 Catches: 41
Bowling
Tests: 39 Runs: 1543 Wickets: 36 Best Bowling: 4/13 Average: 42.86
Claim to fame: He took it to the English bowlers of the Bodyline series, finishing with 385 runs at 43.00.

135. Alexander Hurwood
Debut: 12 December, 1930
Batting
Tests: 2 Runs: 5 H.S: 5 Average: 2.50 Catches: 2
Bowling
Tests: 2 Runs: 170 Wickets: 11 Best Bowling: 4/22 Average: 15.45

136. Ketih Edward Rigg
Debut: 27 Febuary, 1931
Batting
Tests: 8 Runs 401 H.S: 127 Average: 33.41 100/50: 1/1 Catches: 5

137. Homesdale Carl "Jack" Nitschke
Debut: 27 November, 1931
Batting
Tests: 2 Runs: 53 H.S: 47 Average: 26.50 Catches: 3

138. Philip Keith Lee
Debut: 18 December, 1931
Batting
Tests: 2 Runs: 57 H.S: 42 Average: 19.00 Catches: 1
Bowling
Tests: 2 Runs: 212 Wickets: 5 Best Bowling: 4/111 Average: 42.39

139. William Alfred Hunt
Debut: 29 January, 1932
Batting
Tests: 1 Runs: 0 Catches: 1

140. William Joseph "Bill" O'Reilly
Debut: 29 January, 1932
Batting
Tests: 27 Runs: 410 H.S: 56no Average: 12.81 100/50: 0/1 Catches: 7
Bowling
Tests: 27 Runs: 3253 Wickets: 144 Best Bowling: 7/54 Average: 22.59 5/10: 11/3
Claim to fame: In 1932/33, during the infamous Bodyline series, he opened the bowling in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. He finished the series with 27 wickets. He formed a legendary spin partnership with Clarrie Grimmett.
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The 400 club- #101- #120

March 16th 2008 03:54
101. William "Barlow" Carkeek
Debut: 27 May, 1912
Batting


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The second round of the IPL player auction has come and gone with not too many surprises. The two big named Australians to go under the hammer were James Hopes and Shane Watson - both Allrounders, both from Queensland. Hopes brilliant innings in the second final of the Commonwealth Bank series must have upped his currency in the auction. For me the surprise wasn't his US$ 300,000 price but the team that got him - he joins Brett Lee at Mohali. The team I expected to get Hopes was the team that got fellow Queensland Allrounder Shane Watson - the Jaipur Rajasthan Royals headed by Shane Warne. They spent the least on the first player auction and had more money left to spend but opted not for Hopes. Instead they went for the only English player in the draft - Dimitri Mascarenhas.

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The 400 club- #81- #100

March 11th 2008 04:20
81. Reginald Alexander Duff
Debut: 1 January, 1902
Batting


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Replacing the irreplacable

March 8th 2008 23:18
Australia in a spin trying to find the next Shane Warne
Say what you like about the man but one thing remains true about Shane Warne - he was the absolute master of his craft. He took the art of legspin bowling to a new previously unseen level and showed how a bowler could dictate terms and really be the difference in a cricket match (either test or one day).

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India has inflicted a defeat to Australia in the final game of the Commonwealth Bank one day tournament and in the process won it. It is the second time in a row the Australians have lost the finals 2-0.

Much has been made of the controversies that have plagued the summer of cricket - racism, sledging, the IPL player auction and now the tackling of a nude spectator - sometimes the actual cricket has gone unnoticed which is a shame


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Need to punish 'bad boy' undoes the Green and Gold

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The 400 club- #61- #80

February 26th 2008 15:00
61. Henry "Harry" Donnan
Debut: 1 January, 1892
Batting


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Just when you thought the whole idea of the IPL player auction couldn't get more crazy...

it has. The actual auction has taken place and is full of such bizarre contradictions and extravagent spending that you would think that there is no poverty in India and that the streets are paved with gold


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IPL player auction

February 21st 2008 14:21
So it's come to this

In what has to be a move for the detriment of the game cricketers are today being auctioned off to the new Indian Premier League - made up franchises, with made up uniforms playing a made up game to make cricket look and feel like football. The net result is going to be an end to international cricket


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The 400 club- #41- #60

February 19th 2008 14:50
41. Patrick George McShane
Debut: 21 March, 1885
Batting


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The 400 club- #21- #40

February 13th 2008 12:16
21. Percy Stanislaus McDonnell
Debut: 6 September, 1880
Batting Record


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The 400 club- #1- #20

February 13th 2008 02:38
To play at the highest level represents an unattainable desire for most of us. There have been those, though, who have dared to reach for, and achieved this. Here, in Australia, in 131 years of Test Cricket, 400 men have had the privilege of reaching the pinnacle of the game.These rarefied heights have seen varying degrees of success, From record breaking careers, to stellar careers, to ordinary careers and to a brief moment in the sun. Despite personal success, these men share a common, unbreakable bond- they have all played a part in game's history. But, who are these men?

1. Charles Bannerman


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Dennis Lillee

November 29th 2007 00:25
Dennis Lillee - Pace, pizazz and personality

Dennis Lilllee Bowling
Lillee at work

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