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Richie Benaud's Australian 'Baggy Green' 1957-58 Test Cap,…
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Melbourne
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5-Nov-2008
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Richie Benaud's Australian 'Baggy Green' 1957-58 Test Cap, green wool, embroidered Coat-of-Arms and '1957-58' on front, endorsed on Farmers label 'R. Benaud'. Vg condition, usual wear spot on brim where cap has been rubbed while being taken off. (Richie Benaud played 63 Tests 1951-64, including 28 as Australian captain. Benaud's slow maturing bore rich fruit in South Africa in 1957-58, when he took 30 Test wickets and made 327 in seven innings (once not out) for an average of 54.5. in all matches on that tour he took 106 wickets, a record in a South African first class summer, and made 817 runs. Richie Benaud remains, as the major cricket commentator for the BBC and the Nine Network, a central part of the international game today)
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Memorabilia: Sporting - Cricket