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	Bill Woodfull, a famous son of Maldon, Victoria, Australia
		Bill Woodfull is remembered for his cricketing record and in particular his captaining of the Australian Test Team during the infamous Australia v England “Bodyline” series in 1932 - 1933.
		Bill Woodfull qualified as Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education and was posted to the country, moving around the state until he achieved the top position of Principal at Melbourne High School.
		Bill Woodfull ended the series scoring a total of 43 runs in the first two Tests, but his determination in the remaining three Tests resulted in innings of 73 not out, 67 and 67.
	www.maldon.org.au /Bill-Woodfull/index.shtml (1588 words)

	Spot the ball: Cricket and colour-blindness
		Initially, Harris and Cole had assumed that Ponsford had had mild deuteranomaly, which is the most common form of colour-blindness and the condition their five modern-day cricketers had.
		However, one of Bill Ponsford's sons had said that his father had difficulty with traffic lights, which would indicate a more severe defect.
		Their final diagnosis was that Ponsford had protanopia – a form of red–green colour-blindness usually resulting from the absence of a particular class of cone in the retina.
	www.wellcome.ac.uk /doc_WTX033644.html (466 words)

	Bill Ponsford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is regarded as one of the finest players of spin bowling.
		However, in 1934 Ponsford and Bradman, the two heaviest scorers in Australian cricket, finally fulfilled their joint promise by combining in two major partnerships.
		Ponsford's batting suffered nothing in comparison with Bradman's among contemporary commentators, including Neville Cardus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Ponsford (576 words)

	The Hindu : Bill Ponsford: exponent of total batting
		Ponsford celebrated his entry into the heavyweight division of cricket with 110 at Sydney followed by 128 at Melbourne against England in 1924-25.
		Ponsford's stumps were scattered for 2 in the first and in the second he was caught behind for 6.
		The selectors did not play Ponsford in all the five matches and though he essayed a very plucky innings of 85 in the third Test at Adelaide, it was apparent that Larwood caused much problems for Ponsford.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/12/16/stories/0716028q.htm (1617 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - History of Cricket
		Ponsford's chosen method of dealing with Bodyline was to turn his back to balls aimed at him, and take the blows on his rump and back.
		Bill Woodfull had been a guest in the Governor's box when the incident happened and, dressed in a business suit, he raced out of the box and strode out to the middle of the ground.
		Bill Voce and Eddie Paynter were listening to the game in Paynter's hospital room, where he had spent most of the second day's play and all of the rest day.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/history/bodyline.html (13225 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Bill Ponsford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bill Ponsford, died at Kyneton, Victoria, on April 6, 1991; at 90, he was Australia's oldest living Test cricketer and the sole survivor of HL Collins's 1926 team in England.
		In 1926-27, his innings were 214 and 54, 151, 352, 108 and 84, 12 and 116, 131 and 7, producing an aggregate of 1229 runs at 122.90; in 1927-28 he scored 133, 437, 202 and 38, 336, 6 and 2, and 63 - an aggregate of 1217 at 152.12.
		Ponsford, who was born in the Melbourne suburb of North Fitzroy, showed an unusual aptitude for cricket from his earliest years, taking as his model Les Cody, the state player, whose strokeplay he greatly admired.
	www.cricinfo.com /australia/content/player/7131.html (1503 words)

	U:\users\jvr\Prj\Opus\Andante\Web\catalogues\a219\TCRI.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		BILL JOHNSTON, typed letter from the Australian Cricket Board to Bill Johnston dated 19th Nov.1947, advising him that he has been chosen to represent Australia for the First Test Match v India in Brisbane Nov.28 to Dec.4, and naming the entire team with Bradman as captain.
		BILL JOHNSTON, typed letter from the Australian Cricket Board to Bill Johnston dated 22nd Dec.1947, advising him that he has been chosen for the Third Test Match v India in Melbourne Jan.1-7, and naming the entire team with Bradman as captain.
		BILL JOHNSTON, typed letter from the Australian Cricket Board to Bill Johnston dated 14th Jan.1948, advising him that he has been chosen for the Fourth Test Match v India in Adelaide Jan.23-29, and naming the entire team with Bradman as captain.
	www.leski.com.au /catalogues/a219/TCRI.htm (6382 words)

	Researching a Cricket Book - Provenance Number 5 - PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA
		Cognisant that Bill's father worked in the postal service and aware that sons tended to follow in their fathers' trades, it seemed likely that I had located the residence of Bill's grandfather, or at least his great- uncle.
		He enjoyed his ten years with the bank and the bank was very proud of their record-breaking clerk, presenting him with a gold watch and chain when he established a new world-record batting score of 429 in 1922-23.
		Bill left the bank in 1927 when, turning down a lucrative offer from an English cricket club, he was 'saved' for Australian cricket by a journalistic position on the Herald.
	www.prov.vic.gov.au /provenance/no5/CricketBook2.asp (610 words)

	St Kilda Park Primary School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Education Department asked Council for a grant of an acre of the Beach Reserve, which was refused, The Council also opposed locating the school at the junction and residents opposed the present site, presumably as it was unhealthy, rather than that it grabbed parkland.
		Although William Harold (Bill) Ponsford was born and died in Fitzroy (1900-91) it is said that he also went to Park for a time.
		Ponsford was the only player to score centuries in his first two and last two tests and to score over 400 twice in first class innings.
	www.skhs.org.au /SKHSbuildings/20.htm (1021 words)

	John Hall's Teams of the Decades: 1930s
		Bill Woodfull Known as "the unbowlable", as well as being a fine opening bat he was also a distinguished captain of Australia.
		In all first-class cricket he had the exceptional average of 65.18, and is the only man to pass 400 twice.
		Bill Voce If Larwood was unarguably the best fast bowler of the 1930s, there is little doubt that Voce was the second best.
	www3.sympatico.ca /qhokim/decteams/1930s.htm (1037 words)

	Cricket Victoria - Melbourne Cricket Club
		Among very many interstate representatives and test players from the MCC, perhaps the most renowned are Hugh Trumble, Warwick Armstrong, Bill Ponsford, Jack Blackham, Fred Spofforth, Vernon Ransford, Max Walker and Dean Jones.
		Blackham, Spofforth and Ponsford are three of the 10 inaugural inductees to the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.
		Bill Ponsford twice scored more than 400 runs in a first class innings, while Armstrong topped the batting and bowling averages on the 1905 tour of England and later captained the famous 1921 side.
	melbourne.cricketvictoria.com.au /mcccrickethistory.html (594 words)

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	Scores, reports and series summaries from ENG v AUS 1934 tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		All eyes were on Donald Bradman when Bill Woodfull's Australians arrived, but the 'Boy from Bowral' failed to make a serious impact on the series until bursting into life during the 4th Test at Headingley.
		Their initial win owed much to the bowling of Bill O'Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett - another familiar name from the 1930 tour - as they shared 19 English scalps, but it was the match return of Hedley Verity at Lord's that stole the early headlines.
		Together with Bill Ponsford (181) he added 388 for the Aussies' fourth wicket and only rain on the last day prevented a heavy defeat for Bob Wyatt's England.
	www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/international/thd_244.html (448 words)

	Innings of a lifetime \| The Sunday Mail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		BILL Brown was en route to his first Test appearance in Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground when a tram conductor mocked him.
		Not recognising Brown as Australia's Test rookie, the conductor watched him drag his "cricket coffin" on to the tram and ask for a ticket to Moore Park, the stop outside the SCG.
		Bradman was the greatest batsman Brown saw, although McCabe scored the greatest Test century, a blistering 232 at Trent Bridge in 1938 which prompted Bradman to kneel in front of McCabe in admiration when he returned to the dressing room.
	www.news.com.au /sundaymail/story/0,23739,19952869-5003413,00.html (856 words)

	Sunday Night Live sermons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Today is the centenary of his birth and at the request of the organisers, a paper written by me on memories of him, has been read to the gathering.
		Bill Woodfull was the Australian Test Cricket captain.
		Bill Woodfull was respected by students at Box Hill Boys High School.
	www.wesleymission.org.au /sermons/24aug97.htm (1713 words)

	Cricketfundas.com's Factoids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bill Ponsford, the prolific opener from Australia opener holds the record for having passed 400 twice along with Brian Lara in First Class Cricket.
		Ponsford made 429 for Victoria Vs Tasmania at Melbourne in 1922-23, and bettered that with 437 for Victoria Vs Queensland, also at Melbourne, in 1927-28.
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	www.cricketfundas.com /factoids2.html (226 words)

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		William Maldon "Bill" Woodfull OBE (22 August 1897, Maldon, Victoria, Australia - 11 August 1965, Tweed Heads South, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player.
		He formed a strong opening pair with Bill Ponsford in an era when Australia fielded a formidable team, and earned the nickname The Rock for his immaculate defensive technique and supremely patient personality.
		For the next tour of England in 1930, Woodfull was appointed captain, and led Australia until his retirement 25 Tests later in 1934.
	www.sanbernardinocaus.com /section/Bill_Woodfull (620 words)

	William Woodfull: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		THE TEACHER Bill Woodfull qualified as Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma of Education and was posted to the country, moving around the state until he achieved the top position of Principal at Melbourne High School.
		Here's your best chance to be part of sporting history by owning part of Australia's best known sporting stadium...
		Own a strictly limited (1 of 100), magnificently framed piece of the MCG seating that commemorates the legendary Bill Woodfull (MHS Principal 1956-62) and his test opening partner Bill Ponsford.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Woodfull_William_72179757.htm (992 words)

	Cricket-Online: Player Profiles > Harold Larwood
		Bill Woodfull (7), Vic Richardson (6), Bill Ponsford, Don Bradman, Bill O'Reilly (5).
		Maurice Tate, Clarrie Grimmett, Walter Robins (7), James Parks, Alan Peach, George Boyes, Stan Nichols (6), Alf Gover, Les Todd, Vallance Jupp, Ewart Astill, Hedley Verity, Jack White, Bill Bowes (5).
		Andy Sandham (13), Bernard Quaife (12), Norman Armstrong, Jack O'Connor, George Geary (11), Frank Woolley, Bill Woodfull (10).
	www.cricket-online.org /player.php?player_id=453 (192 words)

	The Ashes Cricket Series Since 1877 - 334 Not Out
		Tests: Batting Matches Inns NO Runs Highest Avge 100s 50s 0s 29 48 4 2122 266 48.23 7 6 1 Tests: Bowling [Did Not Bowl] Tests: Fielding Matches Catches Stumped Total 29 21 0 21
		Bill Ponsford was a fine batsman whose run scoring feats were to a certain extent eclipsed by those of his contemporary, Don Bradman.
		He was a steady, if unspectacular bat, and was capable of amassing huge scores.
	www.334notout.com /ashes/players/ausponsford.htm (154 words)

	BRCC Message Board - A Bravenet.com Forum
		Unfortunately, when Victoria replied to New South Wales' score of 221 at the MCG, Melbourne, in December 1926, their number five and six batsmen had only mustered 13 runs between them.
		Happily, though, the other four, Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford, "Stork" Hendry and Jack Ryder had managed to 'cobble' together 133, 352, 100 and 295 runs respectively.
		Strangely, despite their role in making history, the NSW bowlers seemed rather traumatised afterwards and wanted to measure Bill Ponford's bat because it had seemes so wide.
	pub36.bravenet.com /forum/3014992642/show/680393 (240 words)

	Alphabet Cricket Teams
		Just for a change, the teams are given home grounds and are named after suburbs and localities in my birth town of Newcastle.
		ADAMSTOWN (A) – Adamstown Oval – Aamir Sohail (Pak), Bill Athey (Eng), Mohinder Amarnath (Ind), Nathan Astle (NZ), Asif Mujtaba (Pak), Abdul Razzaq (Pak), +Gerry Alexander (WI), Abdul Qadir (Pak), Paul Adams (RSA), Azeem Hafeez (Pak), *Jonathan Agnew (Eng).
		There were seven genuine options for the captaincy of this side (Woodfull, Wessels, Wellham, Worrell, Woolley, Willey and Wasim) but ultimately I went for Wellham as he possessed just a little more tactical nous than the others.
	www.geocities.com /inxia/sport/alphabet.htm (2980 words)

	Really Pointless Cricket Teams
		JULY: Sunil Gavaskar (Ind), Bill Brown (Aus), *Allan Border (Aus), Garfield Sobers (WI), Stan McCabe (Aus), Maurice Leyland (Eng), Richard Hadlee (NZ), +Bob Taylor (Eng), Tony Lock (Eng), Dennis Lillee (Aus), Alec Bedser (Eng).
		OCTOBER: Bill Ponsford (Aus), Matthew Hayden (Aus), Jacques Kallis (RSA), Neil Harvey (Aus), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), Damien Martyn (Aus), +Jim Parks (Eng), *Richie Benaud (Aus), Ray Lindwall (Aus), Johnny Briggs (Eng), Allan Donald (RSA).
		The Bills: Bill Woodfull (Aus), Bill* Ponsford (Aus), Bill Brown (Aus), Billy Murdoch (Aus/Eng), Bill Edrich (Eng), Billy Bates (Eng), +Billy Wade (RSA), Bill Voce (Eng), Bill O’Reilly (Aus), Bill Johnston (Aus), Bill Bowes (Eng), Bill Whitty (Aus).
	www.geocities.com /inxia/sport/pointless.htm (2118 words)

	Word Talks
		At this centenary of his birth and at the request of the organisers, a paper written by me on memories of him, was read to the gathering.
		Do you know if your family is related to a Methodist minister in Melbourne?' Bill replied, `Why yes, Sir, he's my father.' The man was so excited: `Boys!
		Had it not been for that young Methodist minister, father of Bill here, neither you nor I would have sat at this table today.''
	www.wesleymission.org.au /ministry/TRA/20sep98.html (1677 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 376 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Larwood claimed seven wickets in England's 338-run victory at the Adelaide Oval in January 1933 and went on to win the series 4-1.
		Jardine's tactics came in for criticism as he positioned a ring of fielders around the bat, many of them on the leg side, to combat the skills of Don Bradman, Bill Ponsford and Bill Woodfull.
		Woodfull said at the time: "There are two sides out there.
	www.thedailystar.net /2005/06/18/d50618041338.htm (236 words)

	Hear Ye!
		Seven were in Sydney yesterday - Arthur Morris, Neil Harvey, Greg Chappell, Healy, Shane Warne, Dennis Lillee and Allan Border - although the captain, Donald Bradman, and his vice-captain, Keith Miller, were unable to attend.
		The players included who have passed away were opening batsman Bill Ponsford, fast bowler Ray Lindwall and leg-spinner, Bill "Tiger" O'Reilly.
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