People from Maitland, New South Wales - Charlie Macartney, H. V. Evatt, Abbie Cornish, Ben Hall, David Berthold, Brett Finch (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Charlie Macartney, H. V. Evatt, Abbie Cornish, Ben Hall, David Berthold, Brett Finch, Henry Chamberlain Russell, Baker Russell, Jack Marx, Ruth Cracknell, Allen Fairhall, Noel Pidding, A. P. Elkin, John Bell, Les Darcy, Jim Morgan, Luke Dorn, Harry Holgate, Matt Jobson, Edmund Lonsdale, Percy Colquhoun, Peter Wynn, Justin Dooley, Ziggy Niszczot, Alasdair Webster, Frank Liddell, Alexander Brown, Michael Scott Fletcher, Ellis Lawrie, Walter O'Hearn, Walter Lawry Waterhouse, David Trewhella. Excerpt: Charles George "Charlie" Macartney (27 June 1886, Maitland, New South Wales - 9 September 1958, Little Bay, Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Tests between 1907 and 1926. He was known as The Governor-General in reference to his authoritative batting style and his flamboyant strokeplay, which drew comparisons with his close friend and role model Victor Trumper, regarded as one of the most elegant batsmen in cricketing history. Sir Donald Bradman-generally regarded as the greatest batsman in history-cited Macartney's dynamic batting as an inspiration in his cricket career. Macartney started his career as a bowling all-rounder. He made his Test debut in 1907, primarily as a left arm orthodox spinner who was considered to be a useful lower-middle order right-hand batsman. As Macartney was initially selected for his flexibility, his position in the batting order was frequently shuffled and he was largely ineffective. His most noteworthy Test contribution in his early career was a match-winning ten wicket haul at Headingley in 1909, before being dropped in the 1910-11 Australian season. It was around this time that Macartney befriended Trumper and began to transform himself from a bowler who batted in a defensive and technically correct manner, into an audacious attacking batsman. He reclaimed...