Lives in Cricet No 33 - Jack Robertson and Syd Brown

Contents Preface 5 Chapter One Beginnings: Jack 10 Chapter Two Beginnings: Syd 15 Chapter Three Middlesex 19 Chapter Four Making the Grade 22 Chapter Five Gathering Clouds 29 Chapter Six Intermission 34 Chapter Seven Doodlebug Summer 43 Chapter Eight Victory Summer 47 Chapter Nine Resumption 51 Chapter Ten Champions 57 Chapter Eleven Style 65 Chapter Twelve Caribbean 71 Chapter Thirteen Broken Hill 76 Chapter Fourteen Aussie Summer 81 Chapter Fifteen Honours Shared 86 Chapter Sixteen End of an Era 91 Chapter Seventeen On Tour Again 97 Chapter Eighteen Rebuilding 103 Chapter Nineteen Last Summer Together 110 Chapter Twenty New Partners 113 Chapter Twenty-One Final Summer 117 Chapter Twenty-Two Coach 120 Chapter Twenty-Three After Cricket 125 Acknowledgements 130 Sources 132 Appendix Career Statistics 134 Index 139 3