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    John Henry Webb Fingleton, OBE (28 April 1908 – 22 November 1981) was an Australian cricketer, journalist and commentator. The son of Australian politician...
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  • Irish journalist and author Jack Fingleton OBE (1908–1981), Australian cricketer, journalist and commentator James Fingleton (1876–1920), member of the...
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    Jack Fingleton (1908–1981), Australian cricketer Jack Finney (1911–1995), American author Jack Flagerman (1922–2005), American football player Jack Flaherty...
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    country in one Test. A right-handed opening batsman, his partnership with Jack Fingleton in the 1930s is regarded as one of the finest in Australian Test history...
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  • John Fingleton may refer to: Jack Fingleton (John Fingleton, 1908–1981) Australian cricketer and journalist John Fingleton (economist), Irish economist...
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    Cricketer. Methuen. ISBN 0-413-77216-0. Fingleton, Jack (1947). Cricket Crisis. London, Melbourne: Cassell. Fingleton, Jack (1981). Batting from Memory. Collins...
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    following year he and his family were encouraged by former opponent Jack Fingleton to emigrate and settle in Australia, where he was warmly welcomed, in...
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  • American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987) 1908 – Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster (d. 1981) 1908 –...
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    opening batsman Jack Fingleton; however, for many years (even after Fingleton's death) a bitter war of accusation passed between Fingleton and Bradman as...
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    poplar, oak and elm trees, many of which were planted in the 1920s. The Jack Fingleton Scoreboard, originally located at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)...
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    became public knowledge. In the immediate aftermath, many people assumed Jack Fingleton, the only full-time journalist on either team, was responsible. This...
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    Bradman, Archie Jackson, Stan McCabe, Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford and Jack Fingleton. It was the prospect of bowling at this line-up that caused England's...
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    Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-08060-4. Growden, Greg (2008). Jack Fingleton: The Man Who Stood Up To Bradman. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen...
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    number of runs added during one batsman's Test innings. Don Bradman and Jack Fingleton were both unable to bat in either Australia innings, and England won...
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    1926–27. Victoria scored 1107 in two days, with Bill Ponsford scoring 352 and Jack Ryder scoring 295. One of the most sensational incidents in Test cricket...
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    Thomson. ISBN 1-875892-01-X. Fingleton, Jack (1949). Brightly fades the Don. London: Collins. Growden, Greg (2008). Jack Fingleton : the man who stood up to...
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    was bowled first ball in the first innings when expecting a bouncer; Fingleton was left to hold Australia's first innings together. Nonetheless, an unbeaten...
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    Sir Laurence's sister Philippa married the Australian Test cricketer Jack Fingleton, OBE. By Susan, Sir Laurence had four children: Kenneth, Sylvia, Alexander...
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  • November 21 – Ejner Federspiel, Danish actor (b. 1896) November 22 Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer (b. 1908) Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and...
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    India. The achievement saw Smith join Don Bradman (6), Neil Harvey, Jack Fingleton and Matthew Hayden (4 each) as Australian centurions in four or more...
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  • O'Brien Ross Hall as Bill O'Reilly Scott Lowe as Tim Wall Ned Manning as Jack Fingleton Peter Philpott as Clarrie Grimmett Brian Anderson as Umpire Hele Brian...
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    Jack Fingleton. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of Irish Catholic migrants, James Fingleton, a baker, and his wife Mary. The Fingletons moved...
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  • for the press, claiming that only "professional" journalists (such as Jack Fingleton) were entitled to do so under the Board's rules. This led to open confrontation:...
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  • 22.60 7 – 141 Pud Thurlow 1932 1 1 – 0 – 0.00 234 7 86 – – – – – 142 Jack Fingleton 1932–1938 18 29 1 1189 136 42.46 – – – – – – 13 – 143 Laurie Nash 1932–1937...
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  • Sort of A Cricket Person. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-211748-7. Williams, Jack (2011). "Broadcasting and cricket in England" (PDF). In Bateman, Anthony...
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    Ponsford's retirement was premature, while teammate and journalist Jack Fingleton believed that the task of maintaining such high standards had affected...
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    Press. ISBN 0-9756746-1-7. Fingleton, Jack (1949). Brightly fades the Don. London: Collins. Growden, Greg (2008). Jack Fingleton : the man who stood up to...
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    Woodfull refused to exploit loopholes to dismiss batsmen. On one occasion, Jack Fingleton was run out after wandering out of the crease to inspect the crease...
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    pace; in later years Jack Hobbs, who reported on the game, suggested that Bradman was intimidated by Allen, and Jack Fingleton, who played in the team...
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  • Blofeld ("Blowers") (1974–1991, 1994–2017) Tony Lewis ("ARL") (1977–1985) Jack Bannister (1988–1994) Jon Champion (2000–2003) Mark Saggers (2001–2008) Arlo...
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