Comments on: Test cricketers who have represented in other sports

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:11:46 +0000

No mention of Elyse Perry, who has and continues to represent Australia in cricket and football, including the recent Women’s WC where she scored a goal against Sweden in an eventual defeat for the Matildas. She made her Test cricket debut on 15/2/2008 where at 17 years and 3 months, became Australia’s youngest ever Test cricketer.

By: Hoff

Hoff — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:42:47 +0000

Keith Millier. Played cricket for Australia and VFL for Victoria. Represented the Empire in the skies over Europe during WWII. Rumor has it he even put away a member of the British royal familiy in his spare time. Now that is REPRESENTIN!

By: Guthrie

Guthrie — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:50:50 +0000

Didn’t a certain NZ batsman who received an underarm ball play for the All Blacks??

By: Professor Rosseforp

Professor Rosseforp — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:07:18 +0000

I suppose we mustn’t forget Victor Trumper’s involvement in the creation of rugby league, and his apparent ability as a union player.

By: Professor Rosseforp

Professor Rosseforp — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:19:39 +0000

Samuel Beckett bowled left-arm spin whilst at university — anyone who has read “Waiting for Godot” would have no doubt that Beckett was well-acquainted with cricket. The slow pace, the meaningless of the whole procedure, yet the creation of a world that people are trapped in for long periods of time, and the question over whether there is any result at the end of the play.

By: Professor Rosseforp

Professor Rosseforp — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:10:56 +0000

Ric Charlesworth was mentioned as a potential Australian test player in cricket, having played Shield cricket for Western Australia. Fitting in medical duties as a doctor, he played hockey for Australia, has coached the sport and has also been an administrator.

By: Bayman

Bayman — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:37:00 +0000

Kersi,

I’m a year late, as always, but you missed the most important one with Victor York Richardson. In Adelaide it was all very well playing golf, tennis, lacrosse, basketball while being able to stop yourself from drowning but it was footy, aka Australian Rules Football, for which Vic was equally famous.

He played 114 games for the Sturt club from 1915 to 1927 (no play from 1916-1918 because of WW1), played in three premierships (1915, 1919, 1926), won two Best and Fairest, represented South Australia on 10 occasions and is still the only man to have captained South Australia at both cricket and football in the same year.

On top of all that, he tied for the Magarey Medal (B&F in the SANFL) in 1920 but lost on a count-back. Subsequently, in 1998 the SANFL decided that any player who tied for the medal was a winner and the countback system was retrospectively abolished. So, some thirty years after his death, Vic joined the list of Magarey Medal winners.

Surely a unique conrtribution to South Australian, and indeed Australian, sport. Trust me, Kersi, in Adelaide football and cricket rate considerably higher on the popularity scale than golf, tennis, lacrosse and basketball (with all due respect to the champions of those sports).

By: sharminator

sharminator — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:15 +0000

I dont think Namibia plays test cricket, but one of its players did play in the cricket and rugby world cups.

“Rudi van Vuuren is a world cup cricketer for Namibia. and a doctor. He is best known for representing his country in both the 2003 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup; as a result he became the first man to compete in the final stages of world-cup competitions in cricket and rugby union in the same year”

By: Kersi Meher-Homji

Kersi Meher-Homji — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:54:06 +0000

Thank you, Freud.

By: Freud of Football

Freud of Football — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:57:25 +0000

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2005/aug/10/theknowledge.sport

Just found this, some more interesting facts in there.

By: Freud of Football

Freud of Football — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:31:22 +0000

http://www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news-sport/blewett-is-best-aussie-golfing-athlete-20091117-ik9l.html

Blewett maybe should have stuck to golf in his youth.

By: vinay verma

vinay verma — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:41:54 +0000

Who did you play for? I played a few years in the early to late 80′swith Lindfield and then with Laurie at Roseville.

By: Fly on the Wall

Fly on the Wall — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:57:11 +0000

I played against Brett Papworth (Epping) and Laurie Monaghan (Lane Cove) in A Shires cricket in the mid-80s.
Papworth was a handy keeper and Monaghan pretty nippy off a dozen paces.
Still remember Monaghan’s field goal against Fiji – possibly the longest drop goal ever.

By: Fly on the Wall

Fly on the Wall — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:53:33 +0000

Warne played a handful of game for St Kilda in the u-18s I believe.

Max Walker played VFL a cpla games I believe, as did Simon O’Donnell.

Not dual international but still impressive.

By: Fly on the Wall

Fly on the Wall — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:52:12 +0000

Albania

By: Freud of Football

Freud of Football — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:27:57 +0000

Kersi,

I don’t think you have to write a lot about other sports in such a book as its about dual cricketing internationals, focus on their cricketing careers and mention as a side note what other sports they played.

I’ll order my copy now.

By: vinay verma

vinay verma — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:22:13 +0000

Kersi…Remember Jaideep Mukherjee..1960′s and retired in 1972..in his time beat Emerson,Newcombe and Stolle and won four or five times in Europe. Famous for single handedly winning a Davis cup tie against Germany..beating Bungert in the reverse singles. Jaideep’s father was an Cambridge blue at Hockey and Jaideep played all sports for the La martiniere Firsts including Rugby and Soccer. Was also a good boxer and swimmer. He was three years senior to me but left a lasting sporting impression. I believe he also played a season of Ranji for Bengal.
Kapil Dev had a few apperances for Mohun Bagan in the Kolkata Football League and was a University TT champ. He also currently plays Golf off a low handicap. Could have played professionally.
Its going back a while but in the Pentangulars of 1936 I believe there were some versatile Parsi and Muslim sportsmen.You would know better.
John Eales played Grade Cricket in Brisbane and both Brett Papworth and Laurie Monahagn were excellent cricketers. I am sure a lot of the current International sportsmen would be adept at other disciplines except that in this professional era sport is more a business than a game.

By: bever fever

bever fever — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:35:00 +0000

Laurie Nash

By: netrug

netrug — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:04:53 +0000

soerry, read Ray Lindwall.

By: netrug

netrug — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:02:41 +0000

Ray Lindeall played league for St George and Keith Miller played Aussie Rules for St Kilda.

By: Hansie

Hansie — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:41:02 +0000

Warne wasn’t AFL standard at Aussie Rules. Better examples are Max Walker and Simon O’Donnell.

By: SpongeBob

SpongeBob — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:27:06 +0000

Boys, last time I watched you need to be built like a greyhound to play AFL. Warne had great skills I’d imagine but the only time I reckon he would have broken out of a jog was when he was exiting stage left as hubby came home.

By: Kersi Meher-Homji

Kersi Meher-Homji — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:26:33 +0000

Thanks again for your kind words, Freud.

But a book on Double Internationals by me? Frankly no. I have a solid background in cricket; perhaps tennis and table tennis. But for other sports, to quote Sergeant Schultz in Hogan’s Heroes, “I know nothing.”!

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:13:46 +0000

Freud – I agree with you – but they didn’t play at AFL level as a statement of fact.

By: Freud of Football

Freud of Football — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:10:14 +0000

Kersi, you should write a book on dual internationals.

It is a fascinating topic I think, people who we already consider to be so vastly talented but are mutli-talented to that level, it’s mind-boggling in a way to think that I am lucky if I hit the fairway 50% of the time yet these blokes can play whatever sport they want and dominate it.

By: Freud of Football

Freud of Football — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:08:27 +0000

I was at the Adelaide Oval during an Australian team warm-up session and having seen Warnies skills I don’t think it’s that unrealistic, considering he was 30-odd at the time you could still see his natural talent, Ponting too.

By: Pippinu

Pippinu — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:44:45 +0000

He might have played U19s! (one step up from a suburban comp)

By: Whiteline

Whiteline — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:36:09 +0000

great stuff lads – but Warnie in AFL, don’t think so…

By: spiro

spiro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:46:41 +0000

C.B.Fry was also offered the crown of either Greece or Albania, I believe. He was also a first-rate sports journalist.
I don’t know whether the case of Samuel Beckett is 100 per cent relevant in this fascinating discussion but he is part of my favourite cricket trivia question: ‘Who is the only Nobel Prize winner to have played first class cricket?’
The answer is Samuel Beckett who played as a medium-pace bowler for Ireland, I believe.
Ron Haddrick, the very good actor, was an opening batsman for Queensland in Sheffield Shield cricket. i

By: Kersi Meher-Homji

Kersi Meher-Homji — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:44:58 +0000

I am humbled by your knowledge, Freud. Wow! Someone should write a book on Dual Internationals.

And thanks Zolton for fixing the error.