One of the true gentleman of Australian cricket leaves behind a rich legacy.
This week, Australian cricket bid farewell to one of its most selfless and admired sons, Ian Ritchie Redpath.
I had been picked as the all-rounder in the second Test of the series, the first Test played in Perth at the WACA Ground. I apparently took 48 minutes to score my first run. It didn’t seem that long, but my family and friends watching the game on TV said it seemed an awfully long time.When I look back on the game, I realised that I hadn’t faced many balls in the first 48 minutes and very few of them against the England spearhead, John Snow.
As I came out of the haze, I realised that Snowy was really working Redders over with extremely accurate fast bowling and a regular sprinkling of short-pitched deliveries. Snowy had a smooth, economical run-up with a strong shoulder action that allowed him to disguise his bouncers well. There is no doubt that I would not have been able to achieve this without Redders at the other end. He was a man of few words, but his silent example of what was required to make runs at this level was one of the best lessons I ever received.
Ian was awarded an MBE in 1975 for his services to cricket and was delighted to have been inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame in 2023. When I rang him to congratulate him for his elevation to the Hall of Fame he was his usual modest self.
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