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Chuck Fleetwood-Smith

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Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith (30 March 1908 – 16 March 1971) was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. [1]

94 relations: Alcoholism, Alderman, Ambidexterity, Arthur Mailey, Associated Public Schools of Victoria, Australia, Australia national cricket team, Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, Australian cricket team in England in 1934, Ball of the Century, Bert Ironmonger, Bill O'Reilly (cricketer), Bodyline, Border (cricket team), Bowling (cricket), Bowling average, Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club, Canada, Carlton Cricket Club, Clark Gable, Clarrie Grimmett, Colin Miller (cricketer), Cricket, Don Blackie, Don Bradman, Eccentricity (behavior), England cricket team, Ernest Bromley (cricketer), Ernie McCormick, First-class cricket, Fitzroy, Victoria, Frankston, Victoria, Freemasonry, Googly, H. D. G. Leveson Gower, Headingley Stadium, Innings, Karl Schneider (cricketer), Ken Viljoen, Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Left-arm unorthodox spin, Len Hutton, Leo O'Brien (cricketer), Leukemia, Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, Maurice Leyland, Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Club, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Neville Cardus, ..., New South Wales cricket team, Nightwatchman (cricket), Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Not out, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, Off break, Pelham Warner, Philip Lee (cricketer), Polo, Port Melbourne Football Club, Robert Menzies, Second Australian Imperial Force, Shane Warne, Sheffield Shield, Shire of Northern Grampians, Somerset County Cricket Club, South Africa national cricket team, South Australia cricket team, Spin bowling, St Kilda Cricket Club, St Kilda East, Victoria, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Stan McCabe, Stawell Gift, Stawell, Victoria, Sticky wicket, Strike rate, Sussex County Cricket Club, Tasmania cricket team, Test cricket, The Ashes, The Oval, Tim Wall, Topspinner, United States, Victoria (Australia), Victoria cricket team, Victorian Premier Cricket, Wally Hammond, Warrant officer, Wimmera, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, World War II, Xavier College. Expand index (44 more) »

Alcoholism

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems.

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Alderman

An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law.

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Ambidexterity

Ambidexterity is the state of being equally adapted in the use of both the left and the right hand.

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Arthur Mailey

Arthur Alfred Mailey (3 January 188631 December 1967) was an Australian cricketer who played in 21 Test matches between 1920 and 1926.

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Associated Public Schools of Victoria

The Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS) are a group of eleven independent schools in Victoria, Australia, similar to the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales in New South Wales.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australia national cricket team

The Australia national cricket team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877.

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Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame is a part of the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum in the National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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Australian cricket team in England in 1934

Australia won the 1934 Ashes series against England, winning two of the matches and losing one, with the other two tests drawn.

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Ball of the Century

The Ball of the Century, also referred to as the Gatting Ball or simply That Ball, is the name given to a cricket delivery bowled by Australian spin bowler Shane Warne to English batsman Mike Gatting on Day Two during the first Test of the 1993 Ashes series (4 June 1993), which took place at Old Trafford, Manchester.

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Bert Ironmonger

Herbert "Bert" Ironmonger (7 April 1882 – 31 May 1971) was a Queensland, Victorian and Australian cricketer.

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Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)

William Joseph O'Reilly (20 December 19056 October 1992), often known as Tiger O'Reilly, was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game.

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Bodyline

Bodyline, also known as fast leg theory bowling, was a cricketing tactic devised by the English cricket team for their 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia, specifically to combat the extraordinary batting skill of Australia's Don Bradman.

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Border (cricket team)

Border is the team representing the Border region in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa.

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Bowling (cricket)

Bowling, in cricket, is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batsman.

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Bowling average

The bowling average is one of a number of statistics used to compare bowlers in the sport of cricket.

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Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club

Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club is an Australian cricket team competing in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Carlton Cricket Club

Carlton Cricket Club is an Australian cricket team that competes in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition.

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Clark Gable

William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor and military officer, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood" or just simply as "The King".

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Clarrie Grimmett

Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett (25 December 1891 – 2 May 1980) was a cricketer; although born in New Zealand, he played most of his cricket in Australia.

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Colin Miller (cricketer)

Colin Reid Miller (born 6 February 1964, Footscray, Victoria) is a former Australian cricketer who played 18 Tests for Australia between 1998 and 2001.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Don Blackie

Donald Dearness Blackie (5 April 1882 in Bendigo, Victoria – 18 April 1955 in South Melbourne) was an Australian Test cricketer who played three Tests as an off-spinner in the summer of 1928–29.

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Don Bradman

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.

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Eccentricity (behavior)

Eccentricity (also called quirkiness) is unusual or odd behavior on the part of an individual.

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England cricket team

The England cricket team represents England and Wales (and, until 1992, also Scotland) in international cricket.

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Ernest Bromley (cricketer)

Ernest Harvey Bromley (2 September 1912 – 1 February 1967) was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1933 to 1934.

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Ernie McCormick

Ernest Leslie McCormick (16 May 1906 – 28 June 1991) was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1935 to 1938.

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First-class cricket

First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket.

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Fitzroy, Victoria

Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District in the local government area of the City of Yarra.

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Frankston, Victoria

Frankston is an outer-suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, in the local government area of the City of Frankston.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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Googly

In cricket, a googly is a type of deceptive delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler.

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H. D. G. Leveson Gower

Sir Henry Dudley Gresham Leveson Gower (8 May 1873 – 1 February 1954) was an English cricketer from the Leveson-Gower family.

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Headingley Stadium

Headingley Stadium in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs.

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Innings

An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat.

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Karl Schneider (cricketer)

Karl Joseph Schneider (15 August 1905 – 25 September 1928) was a cricketer who played for Victoria and South Australia.

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Ken Viljoen

Kenneth George Viljoen (14 May 1910 – 21 January 1974) was a South African cricketer who played in 27 Tests from 1930–31 to 1948–49.

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Kingsmead Cricket Ground

Kingsmead is a cricket ground in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Left-arm unorthodox spin

Left-arm unorthodox spin, also known as slow left arm chinaman, is a type of left arm wrist off spin bowling in the sport of cricket.

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Len Hutton

Sir Leonard Hutton (23 June 1916 – 6 September 1990) was an English cricketer who played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire from 1934 to 1955 and for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955.

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Leo O'Brien (cricketer)

Leo Patrick Joseph O'Brien (2 July 1907 – 13 March 1997) was an Australian cricketer and sportsman who played in five Test matches between 1932 to 1936.

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Leukemia

Leukemia, also spelled leukaemia, is a group of cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal white blood cells.

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Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke

Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke (16 August 1860 – 10 October 1938), generally known as Lord Hawke, was an English amateur cricketer active from 1881 to 1911 who played for Yorkshire and England.

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Maurice Leyland

Maurice Leyland (20 July 1900 – 1 January 1967) was an English cricketer who played 41 Test matches between 1928 and 1938.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Melbourne Cricket Club

The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) is a sports club based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known simply as "The G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria.

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Neville Cardus

Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus, CBE (3 April 188828 February 1975) was an English writer and critic.

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New South Wales cricket team

The New South Wales cricket team (currently named NSW Blues) are an Australian men's professional first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales.

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Nightwatchman (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play.

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Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Not out

In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings.

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Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Off break

Off break is the type of delivery in the sport of cricket.

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Pelham Warner

Sir Pelham Francis Warner, (2 October 1873 – 30 January 1963), affectionately and better known as Plum Warner or "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket, was a Test cricketer and cricket administrator.

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Philip Lee (cricketer)

Philip Keith Lee (15 September 1904, Gladstone, South Australia – 9 August 1980, Woodville, South Australia) was an Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1931 to 1933.

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Polo

Polo is a team sport played on horseback.

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Port Melbourne Football Club

The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne and is currently playing in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, (20 December 189415 May 1978), was an Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966.

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Second Australian Imperial Force

The Second Australian Imperial Force (Second, or 2nd, AIF) was the name given to the volunteer personnel of the Australian Army in World War II.

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Shane Warne

Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is a Australian former international cricketer, and a former ODI captain of the Australian national team.

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Sheffield Shield

The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia.

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Shire of Northern Grampians

The Shire of Northern Grampians is a local government area in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state.

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Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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South Africa national cricket team

The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas (after South Africa's national flower, Protea cynaroides, commonly known as the "king protea"), is administered by Cricket South Africa.

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South Australia cricket team

The South Australia cricket team, named West End Redbacks, nicknamed "the Southern Redbacks", is an Australian men's professional first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia.

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Spin bowling

Spin bowling is a bowling technique in cricket and the bowler is referred to as a spinner.

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St Kilda Cricket Club

St Kilda Cricket Club is a cricket club in the elite club competition of Melbourne, Australia, known as Victorian Premier Cricket.

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St Kilda East, Victoria

St Kilda East is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south-east from Melbourne's Central Business District.

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St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne is a major hospital in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia.

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Stan McCabe

Stanley Joseph "Stan" McCabe (16 July 1910 – 25 August 1968) was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938.

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Stawell Gift

The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race.

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Stawell, Victoria

Stawell (pronounced /stɔːl/, "Stawl"), is an Australian town in the Wimmera region of Victoria west-north-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

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Sticky wicket

A sticky wicket (or sticky dog, or glue pot) is a metaphor used to describe a difficult circumstance.

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Strike rate

Strike rate refers to two different statistics in the sport of cricket.

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Sussex County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Tasmania cricket team

The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket.

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Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket and is considered its highest standard.

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The Ashes

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia.

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The Oval

The Oval, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London.

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Tim Wall

Thomas Welbourn 'Tim' Wall (born 13 May 1904, Semaphore, South Australia; died 26 March 1981, Adelaide) was an Australian Test cricketer who played eighteen Tests between 1929 and 1934.

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Topspinner

A topspinner is a type of delivery bowled by a cricketer bowling either wrist spin or finger spin.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Victoria cricket team

The Victoria cricket team, who were until 2018 named Victorian Bushrangers, is an Australian first class cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria.

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Victorian Premier Cricket

Victorian Premier Cricket is a club cricket competition in the state of Victoria administered by Cricket Victoria.

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Wally Hammond

Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond (19 June 1903 – 1 July 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951.

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Warrant officer

A warrant officer (WO) is an officer in a military organisation who is designated an officer by a warrant, as distinguished from a commissioned officer who is designated an officer by a commission, and a non-commissioned officer who is designated an officer, often by virtue of seniority.

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Wimmera

The Wimmera is a region of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (or simply Wisden or colloquially "the Bible of Cricket") is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Xavier College

Xavier College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, founded in 1872 by the Society of Jesus, with its main campus located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Fleetwood-Smith

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