Anything But… An Autobiography by Richie Benaud

Anything But… An Autobiography

by Richie Benaud

Hodder & Stoughton, 1998, [First Edition], ISBN 0340696486, colour and black and white photographic plates, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ gift inscription on front endpaper, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear (see photographs)

“The life and distilled wisdom of a man who has been closely involved with the game from its sod-busting days in Depression-ridden Australia, to its floodlit and rainbow-kitted emergence as a multi-media extravaganza.  It is the story of the Benauds and the Savilles, pioneers in New South Wales, and their triumph over their circumstances; it is the story of Lou Benaud, who coached his tow sons to play cricket for Australia.  But it is also the story of Richie Benaud, whose boyhood heroes were Clarrie Grimmett and Don Bradman.  As captain of Australia, he never lost a Test series and in 1963 was the first man in the history of the game to do the ‘double’ of 2000 Test runs and 200 Test wickets.”

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