Bodyline Casualty
The Bert Oldfield Story
$41.75
- Paperback
276 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2025
Summary
To say former Australia Test wicket-keeper Bert Oldfield lived an extraordinary life would be an understatement: incarcerated in a dungeon in Egypt, working in a venereal disease clinic, surviving a bomb blast which killed his comrades in the First World War, defying overwhelming odds to wear the Baggy Green to become his country’s premier gloveman, being one of the first to discover a young Don Bradman; getting his skull fractured in the flashpoint of the controversial Bodyline series, touri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761099243 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761099248 |
| Author: | Gavin Gleeson, Rick Mccosker |
| Publisher: | Ginninderra Press |
| Imprint: | Ginninderra Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 276 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 604mm x 185mm |
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Critics Review
“This is a wonderful walk-through of Australian history, of how England countered the mastery of Bradman, of the Baggy Green, of friendships, triumphs and tragedies…” “I commend this thoroughly researched and enjoyable book to all readers, not just cricket fans.”-Rick McCosker OAM
About The Author
Gavin Gleeson
Born in Sydney in 1973, Gavin Gleeson attended his first Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground at the age of nine. A cadet radio journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Alice Springs, he went on to become the host of a Territory-wide night program on ABC Darwin in the mid-1990s. After working as a spokesman for the Northern Territory Police he returned to his home state to serve as a NSW Police Officer and child protection case worker. He currently works with youth and adult offenders. Gavin has three adult children with his wife Katrina, the couple live on the NSW South Coast. This is his first book.
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