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  David Boon Information
David Clarence Boon (Born December 29, 1960, in Launceston, Tasmania) was an Australian cricketer of the 1980s and 1990s.
This was a controversial choice, as Boon achieved much fame and notoriety for consuming 52 cans of beer on a flight between London and Sydney before the victorious Ashes tour that saw Australia regain the trophy after five years of English dominance.
Boon is currently a member of the Cricket Australia selection board, along with fellow colourful cricketer Merv Hughes.
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  David Boon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Clarence Boon (Born December 29, 1960, in Launceston, Tasmania) was an Australian cricketer of the 1980s and 1990s.
This was a controversial choice, as Boon achieved much fame and notoriety for consuming 52 cans of beer on a flight between London and Sydney before the victorious Ashes tour that saw Australia regain the trophy after five years of English dominance.
Boon is currently a member of the Cricket Australia selection board, along with fellow colourful cricketer Merv Hughes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Boon   (384 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
David Clarence Boon, usually referred to as Boony (born December 29, 1960, in Launceston, Tasmania) is a former Australian cricketer of the 1980s and 1990s.
Boon is currently a member of the Cricket Australia selection board, along with fellow colourful cricketer Merv Hughes, former Australian opener and current chairman, Andrew Hilditch and the newly appointed Jamie Cox.
Boon is often jokingly referred to as the "Keg on Legs" because of his legendary drinking exploits and dogged, iconoclastic batting displays.
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 Boon message sinks in for Collingwood - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
David Boon's message made little sense a decade ago, but now rings loud and clear for England batsman Paul Collingwood.
As former teammates at county Durham, Boon stressed the importance of mental strength to the then-uncapped Collingwood, then just 20, if he was to make it in international cricket.
"As David Boon said, international cricket is 90 per cent mental and 10 per cent technique," he said.
www.smh.com.au /news/Sport/Boon-message-sinks-in-for-Collingwood/2006/12/20/1166290605633.html   (588 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Cricket - Cricket loses its Boon - Thursday March 11, 1999 11:46 AM
Boon retired from test cricket in 1996 after 107 appearances for Australia but had continued playing first-class cricket in Australia and England for the past three seasons.
Boon, 38, said he would play his last match in Australia for Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield match between the island state and New South Wales beginning Thursday.
Boon made his first-class debut for Tasmania at the age of 17 in the 1978/79 season.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/1999/03/11/boon_retire   (237 words)

  
 David Clarence Boon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Quite possibly Tasmania's all-time favourite cricketing son, David Boon was a pugnacious right handed batsman who served his state and country with enormous distinction.
Predominantly in the number three position, the diminutive Boon's durability was a vital ingredient in Australia's resurgence as a cricketing power in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
His courage was often at the core of Australian performances and it was common to see his belligerent square cutting, driving and pulling upsetting the rhythm of even the finest of bowlers.
www.icc-cricket.com /db/PLAYERS/AUS/B/BOON_DC_02001767   (406 words)

  
 BOON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
BOON is a tool for automatically finding buffer overrun vulnerabilities in C source code.
BOON has many serious limitations and defects, and it is not for the faint of heart.
This tool is being made available as part of the software security research project, and the research behind BOON was documented a paper published at NDSS 2000, written by David Wagner, Jeffrey S. Foster, Eric A. Brewer, and Alexander Aiken, and titled A First Step Towards Automated Detection of Buffer Overrun Vulnerabilities.
www.cs.berkeley.edu /~daw/boon   (240 words)

  
 Boone 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
She was one of the early members of the Boone Family Association, and was the source of much information regarding the early generations of this Franklin County family.
John Boone was ordained a minister in the Lutheran Church; was connected with the Roanoke Female Seminary, and later had churches at Indianapolis, Ind., Shelbyville, Tenn., and Berrien Springs, Mich. Children of John and Sarah Boone: +131.
Jamison, who has given this matter careful study, believes that Jacob Boon was a son of John Boon who was brother of Jacob, head of this family; hence a cousin of his wife's mother, Mary (Boon) Kesler.
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 David Boon - Saxton Speaker Bureau - Speaker Details
Possibly Tasmania's all-time favourite cricketing son, David Boon was a pugnacious right-handed batsman who served his state and country with enormous distinction.
As an 18 year old, Boon played a starring role in Tasmania's history-making Gillette Cup win in 1978-79, the state's first interstate one-day title, and he never really looked back over the course of an elite-level career which spanned 17 years.
Predominantly in the No. 3 position, Boon's durability was a vital ingredient in Australia's resurgence as a cricketing power in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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 CNNSI.com - Cricket - Boon succeeds Marsh as Australian selector - Wednesday December 13, 2000 08:36 AM
Posted: Wednesday December 13, 2000 8:36 AM David Boon is Australia's fourth-highest run-scorer with 7,422 in 107 tests.
Boon, Australia's fourth-highest run-scorer, made 7,422 runs in 107 tests at an average of 43.65 between 1984-85 and 1995-96.
Marsh and Boon played in Australia's World Cup-winning side of 1987 and Marsh coached the Australian team who won the 1999 World Cup before he resigned, to be replaced by John Buchanan.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2000/12/13/boon_marsh   (266 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Players and Officials - David Boon
Possibly Tasmania's all-time favourite cricketing son, David Boon was a pugnacious right-handed batsman who served his state and country with enormous distinction.
Predominantly in the No. 3 position, Boon's durability was a vital ingredient in Australia's resurgence as a cricketing power in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
His courage was often at the core of Australian performances and it was common to see his belligerent square cutting, driving and pulling upsetting the rhythm of even the finest of bowlers.
content-www.cricinfo.com /australia/content/player/4169.html   (574 words)

  
 Ashes 2006-07: David Boon interview | Ashes | Guardian Unlimited Sport
More than a decade after David Boon last played in an Ashes series he is as feisty a fighter for Australia's cause as ever he was holding a bat in his considerable mitts or unnerving batsmen with his hangman's stare from short leg.
Boon, who is sixth on Australia's all-time Test runs list, cannot understand the criticism being aimed at Ricky Ponting, Australia's captain and fellow Tasmanian, who Boon has mentored since he was a kid.
David Boon is part of the Sky Sports commentary team during the Ashes series beginning with the first Test at The Gabba, Brisbane, 23-27 November, Sky Sports 1
sport.guardian.co.uk /ashes2006-07/story/0,,1934317,00.html?gusrc=rss   (1215 words)

  
 BOON, David Clarence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Commentator Richie Benaud explains that Boon has been on 97 for the last 23½ minutes and ‘the pressure must be getting to him’.
The rest of the players freeze and Boon is screaming at his batting partner to run.
In utter desperation Boon races down to his batting partner, wrenches away his bat, thrusts the bat at Smithy, races back to the striker’s end and bellows, ‘RUN!!!!’ Smithy runs.
www.historysmiths.com.au /CentFedPlayKit/biogs/nature/boon_david.htm   (284 words)

  
 David Boon: the man behind the moustache   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
David Boon himself, while aware of his status, is a man of few words and remains a little stunned at the public's reaction after all these years.
So far at least 10,000 of the moustaches have been sold, with another 15,000 expected to be snapped up by the end of the one-day series next month.
Yesterday, Boon caused a minor crush at the SCG when he appeared for photos alongside a bay of “Boonies” on the concourse.
news.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=83105   (590 words)

  
 David Boon: Australian Legend: Beebo
The most talked about statistic attributed to an Australian sportsman is David Boon’s 52—that is, cans on the flight to London ahead of the 1989 Ashes series.
Jones said that he decided to pull the pin by the time the plane left Singapore, but Boon was settling into a steady rhythm, having just peeled the top off can No. 23 (not including the three he had consumed at Sydney airport).
Having emerged unscathed, Boon next attended a sponsor’s cocktail party, where he had another three pints, and then “did not wake up for 36 hours and missed two training sessions.” Being Boon’s roommate, Jones was informed by Simpson that “when David waked up he should come and have a quiet chat with me.”
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 F A N A T I C S: The Home of the Australian Sports Fan since 1997. Cricket, Rugby, Tennis, Soccer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Whatever the reason, it is claimed in certain circles that David Boon, the nuggetty Tasmanian opener with a similar physique to Rod Marsh, set out with the intention of breaking 45 cans.
It’s a record Boon has never claimed, but Lawson confirms the score and says with great regret that he wishes he had rescued the sick bags from the plane.
Jones went to bed to sleep off his hangover but was called to the foyer by the concierge, who asked him to pick up his sleeping room-mate, Boon, who went on to average 55 on that tour.
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 Boon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boon (TV series), a British television series starring Michael Elphick.
Boon (fictional skill), a special skill in the video game Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance for the Nintendo GameCube.
Boon** A character in Astro Boy: Omega Factor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boon   (153 words)

  
 MySpace.com - David Boon - 46 - Male - www.myspace.com/davidboon
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 David Boon » SpikedHumor.com
David Boon's starring role in a VB commercial.
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David Boon also hold the Australian record of the most beer drunk on the Sydney to London flight (which is around 23 hrs) of 52 375ml stubbies.
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 David Boon Shrine
To put it bluntly, Boon is a bloody legend.
Aside from his superb play, Boony will be remembered for his breaking of the Sydney-London beer drinking record for an Australian sporting representative in 1989.
David reportedly drank 53 cans of XXXX - a superhuman effort by anyone's standards.
www.users.bigpond.com /Haigh/boon.html   (143 words)

  
 Stories tagged with david boon at - The Corridor (a cricket blog)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tags: ashes, ashes coverage, channel 9, david boon, england in australia, mick jagger, phil cornwell, stella street, television, the ashes, the beatles, the rolling stones, tv
The Australian television company Channel 9 are in talks with Mick Jagger who, they hope, will make “cameo appearances” for their coverage of the forthcoming Ashes.
Tags: australia, david boon, merv hughes, moustaches, selectors
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 David Boon - Q & A from Cricket365.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ricky Ponting may be the man in the spotlight right now, but he is not the first high-profile Tasmanian to bat at number three for Australia.
When Ponting was only starting, the legendary David Boon was bringing down the curtain on his international career.
Cricket365's Anthony Pascoe caught up with the mustachioed Boon and they chatted about Ponting's rise to the top of the cricketing pile, about old times and about Australia.
www.cricketline.com /features/q_a/story_11584.shtml   (1128 words)

  
 David Boon
All in all he accumalated 7422 runs in Test and 5964 runs in ODI.
That was David Boon, he was known for his sense of Humor and flair.
And the thing that I admire about him best was when he retired.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/batsmen_cricket/66302/2   (186 words)

  
 boon - Ask.com Web Search
On the boon site it said available in May, so I am hoping that's the case.
Boon: In total, I will tell you when we are done.
And Bt corn, contrary to the promises made by Monsanto, is a burden, not a boon.
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 A collection of true facts about Aussie Cricket legend David Boon.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
If you stare into David Boon's eyes for longer than 20 seconds, you will become mildly inebriated.
All of the David Boon facts on this site are contributed by our visitors.
This website is not affiliated with David Boon, the Ashes Series, the World Cup, Australian Cricket, Boonanza or anything else with Boon in its name.
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 11/26/03: David Boon's drinking record between Australia and England is INTACT!
Cape Town - England centre Mike Tindall came agonisingly close to former Australian cricketer David Boon's record of 54 cans of lager on a flight between Australia and England, it was revealed on Tuesday.
UK tabloid The Mirror reported that the Bath centre consumed "close to fifty" cans on the rugby world champions' flight back from Australia.
"The moustachioed opener (Boon) was respected as much for his capacity to consume the amber nectar as for his prowess with the bat and walked straight as a die across the Heathrow tarmac after his record session.
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 David Boon : Australia Cricket Players - India Australia Cricket Match News - India Australia Cricket News & Photos ...
David Boon : Australia Cricket Players - India Australia Cricket Match News - India Australia Cricket News & Photos Latest Cricket News
David Clarence Boon (Born December 29, 1960, in Launceston, Tasmania) was a stocky right-hand batsman who fielded at short leg.
Making his Test debut against the West Indies in Brisbane in 1984, he went on to be one of Australia's most prolific runscorers.
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 Global Sport -- Gooch joins David Boon as batting coach
LONDON, December 23: Former England captain and Test selector Graham Gooch has joined David Boon's Durham as a consultant and batting coach for the next season.
Durham's Australian captain Boon praised the appointment of the former Essex opener, saying, ``The club and team will benefit from any input Graham can give it is excellent that the club has been able to secure his services on regular basis.''
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