Lives in Cricket No 12 - Ric Charlesworth

Ric Charlesworth This Sporting, Medical and Political Life TONY BARKER LIVES IN CRICKET ACS PUBLICATIONS £11.00 Western Australia, it is said, is on the ‘wrong’ side of a continent in the ‘wrong’ hemisphere. This biography, of one of that state’s favourite sons, suggests otherwise. Ric Charlesworth was once a determined ‘batter’ and speedy cover field in Sheffield Shield cricket, playing alongside that ‘Lilian Marsh’. He has, though, also been a medical practitioner on the front line of the doctoring business; Perth’s representative in the Australian federal parliament in Canberra; and one of the leading figures in world hockey, playing in over 200 internationals. He now coaches at the elite level of sport, using that diverse experience to help international players achieve and retain the highest levels of skill and competitiveness. Tony Barker brings an historian’s perspective to bear on an astonishingly full life.