Comments on: Life after cricket, what comes next?

By: Fly on the Wall

Fly on the Wall — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:47:49 +0000

Andy Roberts was also head groundsman at the Recreation Ground in St John, Antigua.

By: Freud of Football

Freud of Football — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:37:28 +0000

Absolutely brilliant. I really must expand my library!

By: Kersi Meher-Homji

Kersi Meher-Homji — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:05:21 +0000

Gulu Ezekiel, a renowned cricket writer from India, has listed unusual professions of cricketers in his book “The Penguin Book of Cricket Lists” (2008), as under.
Australia: Bill Lawry (plumber), Ray Lindwall (florist), Rod Hogg (milkman), Arthur Mailey (cartoonist), Clarrie Grimmett (calligraphist), Ian Redpath (antique expert).
England: Mike Brearley (psychoanalyst), Norman Cowans (glassblower), Jack Russell (artist), David Sheppard (bishop), Phil Tuffnell (taxi driver).
South Africa: Bob Crisp (mink farmer), C. Langeveldt (prison warden).
West Indies: Colin Croft and Patterson Thompson (airline pilots), Joel Garner (telephone operator), Andy Roberts (fisherman), Kenneth Weekes(male nurse).
New Zealand: Shane Bond (policeman), John Bracewell (gravedigger), Lance Cairns (undertaker). PREEETY SCARRRY!
India: Chandu Sarwate (finger print expert).
Pakistan: Abdul Qadir (vegetable vendor), Mohammad Yousuf (rickshaw driver).
Zimbabwe: Eddo Brandes (chicken farmer).

By: vinay verma

vinay verma — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:15:46 +0000

One more Freud…David Sheppard (not to be confused with Shep who passed away recently) was made Bishop of Woolich after he had retired from Cricket. He is remembered for the talk he gave alongwith Brian Booth(himself a lay Anglican preacher) at the Sydney Town Hall. In fact Brian booth,Conrad Hunte(associated with the Moral Rearmament Movement) and David Sheppard all played around the same time and were firm friends.

By: vinay verma

vinay verma — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:56:07 +0000

Harold larwood was a coal miner before he started playing cricket. After retirement he opened a Confectionery shop in Blackpool. Jack Fingleton(the man who stood upto Bradman and was a journalist at the same time as playing for Australia) was covering the 1948 Ashes tour when he visited Larwood and was subsequently instrumental in assisting Larwood to migrate with his family of six. Chiefly,the Prime Minister and a good friend of Fingleton also helped larwood settle in Sydney.

There was also a first grade captain of either Waverley or Petersham who was an undertaker(sorry but the name escapes me)

Bill OReilly,Richie and John Benaud were also journalists at the same time and before they started playing for Australia.

By: AndyRoo

AndyRoo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:36:39 +0000

Didn’t he make the NZ team at 17, so is that work in a pharmacy or is he qualified?
I can imagine him studying even while playing international Cricket because NZ cricket contracts are quite modest.

By: Freud of Football

Freud of Football — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:13:48 +0000

Fantastic. That one made me smile, I can just see Dan in a white coat with his glasses on listening to the rants of old ladies with no-one else to talk too.

By: drewster

drewster — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:18:15 +0000

Roar columnist Geoff Lawson has a degree in optometry and not sure if he is still studying or has finished studying for an MBA. Former W.A. First class cricketer and Australian Hockey Player Ric Charlesworth Is a Doctor of medicine who was also an MP for 10 years for the Australian Labour Party and was elected as the federal member for Perth in 1983.

By: Brett McKay

Brett McKay — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:22:02 +0000

you obviously don’t listen to ABC Radio commentary much then Freud (and I know you’re OS based), it gets a good airing there. Siddle is growing on me, I’ll admit. Sometimes he can be an absolute match-winner, but other times he looks like he’s not very penetrating at all. And enigma wrapped in a riddle…

By: Brett McKay

Brett McKay — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:18:51 +0000

Spiro, if you’ve read Dan Crowley’s excellent book “Undercover Prop”, he didn’t just have to avoid photos, there was a full-blown cover-up concocted between the media and Qld (and then the ARU) to ensure that Crowley wasn’t identified anywhere. So no photos, no mentions in programmes or match reports, not even discussed in match commentary. And they pulled it off for several years!!

By: dasilva

dasilva — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:13:35 +0000

Daniel Vetorri is a pharmacist before taking up cricket.

By: Freud of Football

Freud of Football — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:19:10 +0000

I only saw that little tidbit on Cricinfo today. I must admit though, every time I see Siddle I think he gets better, he really could be something.

By: Spiro Zavos

Spiro Zavos — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:14:19 +0000

Dan Crowley’s occupation before he became a Wallaby was that of an under-cover agent. Apparently he had to avoid photographs early on his rugby career in case he outed himself.

By: Brett McKay

Brett McKay — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:29:55 +0000

Freud, great to see you unleashing your inner Kersi!! I’m surprised you didn’t mention Peter Siddle though, who for all we’re being constantly told was selected for Australia directly from the forrests of Gippsland, were he was the one and only man to swing an axe in the regions history…

By: IronAwe

IronAwe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:18:22 +0000

I have it on quiet authority that Bakkies Botha was a lipstick salesman before playing for the Spingboks

By: Kersi Meher-Homji

Kersi Meher-Homji — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:25:58 +0000

Neither, Vinay.
Among Parsee cricketers such surnames are common and are not profession-related.

By: vinay verma

vinay verma — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:29 +0000

KMH…what profession did Contractor and Engineer follow?

By: Kersi Meher-Homji

Kersi Meher-Homji — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:27:54 +0000

Freud,

Did you know the profession of Ghulam Guard who played two Tests for India as a left-arm medium pacer? He was a police guard! Guard by name and guard by profession.