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Fat Pizza
31 May 2007, 17:11
Which Fitzroy Premiership player was also a great cricketer, taking 150 wickets on the 1921 English tour and being widely recognised as the best fast bowler in the world?
Ted McDonald
'A very fast bowler with the ability to cause problems even on docile pitches, Ted McDonald was the unexpected bowling sensation of the 1921 Australian tour to England. He and Jack Gregory caused something approaching panic among the England batsmen: John Evans' knees were allegedly knocking together when he went out to bat, and Andy Ducat was bowled when part of his bat, broken by McDonald's pace, hit the wicket. '
Fat Pizza
31 May 2007, 19:29
Ted McDonald
'A very fast bowler with the ability to cause problems even on docile pitches, Ted McDonald was the unexpected bowling sensation of the 1921 Australian tour to England. He and Jack Gregory caused something approaching panic among the England batsmen: John Evans' knees were allegedly knocking together when he went out to bat, and Andy Ducat was bowled when part of his bat, broken by McDonald's pace, hit the wicket. '
Correct. Well done Levo. McDonald also played on the half back flank in Fitzroy’s 1916 Premiership team.
the croucher
6 Nov 2007, 00:39
Correct. Well done Levo. McDonald also played on the half back flank in Fitzroy’s 1916 Premiership team.
McDonald's football career doesn't usually get much coverage in the biographies written about him.
He also played in Launceston's (NTFA) 1909 premiership team.