Last edited by Danzar; 20th June 2017 at 11:39 AM. Reason: At posters request - pics didn't show up
He's good, but he's no Nick Davis
I didn't know the man, but on a purely results basis a disaster of a coach.
Alan is no longer with us, but did feature in a McDonalds commercial many years ago.
McDonalds Australia 1997 TV ad - soft serve 30c cones - YouTube
But back on topic, if young Tom ends up half as good as both his grandfathers we have genuinely got ourselves an absolute bargain.
"He's good, but he's no Nick Davis" ... a bizarre comparison with a very different player ... Tom has probably already played more good / consistent games than Nick did in any 20/25 game span. One game rightly made Nick a hero forever but assuming fitness holds I see Tom as a greater contributor over the journey. Also I stand by "completely" different in comparing Tom and Max. Would be interested in the relative body size but Tom certainly seems shorter / stockier than I remember Max. Then again, memory can be a tricky thing over 50 years!
He left because he was an excellent cricketer and the club and the coach wouldn't let him do both, so he chose cricket and ended up at Williamstown because they let him play cricket......not sure about the money but under those circumstances, it was a nice bonus. Who'd blame him?
Pretty sure Miller was coach only in 1967 and 68. Austin Robertson played in 1966 when I think Skilts was captain coach. Not sure why Robertson went back - maybe for business interests. He eventually became a player in World Series Cricket and I think was Dennis Lillee's manager.
Used to wear No 11 on my South jumper because of Max. Peter Bedford inherited it so I was happy to leave it there.
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I meant a 'business' player in WSC not an actual cricket player.
Last edited by RogueSwan; 20th June 2017 at 11:52 AM. Reason: fix quote tags
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