9-465: Benaud is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Benaud (born 1944), Australian cricketer Richie Benaud (1930–2015), Australian cricketer and cricket commentator and writer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Benaud . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
18-521: Is the son of Louis and Irene Benaud. His only sibling was fellow cricketer Richie Benaud , who was older by 13 years. John is married to Lindsay Benaud with two children. Benaud has lived in the Blue Mountains since 1971. John began his working career at Fairfax Media 's Sydney Sun newspaper as a copy-boy. He was subsequently awarded a journalism cadetship and his career progressed at the paper where he remained for his entire working life. By
27-644: The 1st Test against Pakistan at Adelaide over Christmas 1972, making little contribution as Australia won easily. He also played in the 2nd Test at the MCG over the New Year, which Australia won again. He made the top score of 142 in the second innings, with the knowledge that he had been dropped from the 3rd Test. He returned for his third and final Test appearance in the 5th Test against West Indies at Port of Spain , Trinidad , in April 1973. He contributed little with
36-609: The State side. While Captain of the NSW team, Benaud was famously suspended for a month after refusing to obey the ban on Adidas Grass-sports shoes. The public and media outcry forced Cricket NSW to overturn their decision, and in the off-season the ban was lifted. He represented Australia in the summer of 1971/1972 playing against Gary Sobers ' Rest of the World XI . He was selected for three Tests in 1972 to 1973. He made his Test debut in
45-513: The bat, but bowled four overs to take 2–12 in a drawn match. He was later a selector for the Australian cricket team . The 20-year gap between Richie's and John's Test debuts is the second-longest for two brothers, the longest being the English brothers, Clem Wilson and Rockley Wilson , 22 years, between 1899 and 1921. He wrote the book Matters of Choice: A Test Selector's Story , which
54-440: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benaud&oldid=1004271787 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages John Benaud John Benaud (born 11 May 1944) is a former Australian cricketer . Benaud
63-568: The time the Sun was closed in 1988 following the disastrous takeover by Warwick Fairfax , Benaud had risen to be the editor-in-chief of the paper. Throughout the 1990s Benaud wrote cricket columns for Australian, British and Indian sports magazines and ghost-wrote several autobiographies. In 1997 he released the book Matters of Choice , the story of his time as an Australian cricket selector. Benaud played first-class cricket for New South Wales for six years, from 1966/67 to 1972/73, becoming captain of
72-597: Was born in Bolsterstone , Stocksbridge , Yorkshire , England , and educated at Uppingham School and Trinity College, Cambridge , where he graduated BA in 1899, and MA in 1903. Wilson was ordained deacon in 1899, and priest in 1903. He was curate at Whitby , North Yorkshire , 1901–03; Dunchurch , Warwickshire , 1903–04, and neighbouring Rugby from 1904 to 1909. From 1910 to 1912 he was, for his first time, Vicar of Calverhall , Shropshire , then from 1912 to 1921 Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire where he
81-730: Was published in 1997. Mark Lawson said it provided "intriguing insights into the mixture of statistical chicanery, personal friendships, regional politics, hunches and finger-crossing that decides the identities of Test elevens in most parts of the world". Clem Wilson The Reverend Clement Eustace Macro Wilson (15 May 1875 – 8 February 1944) was an English amateur first-class cricketer and Church of England clergyman. Wilson played first-class cricket for Cambridge University between 1895 and 1898 , being university Blue captain in latter year, and for Yorkshire between 1896 and 1899 . He also played two Test matches for England , when they toured South Africa in 1898–99 . Wilson
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