Nostalgia

[Halbrowne61]

17 January 1999: When Ricky Ponting was banned for 3 matches for being beaten up in a nightclub:

On 17 January 1999, Ricky Ponting came home after a night out with his face and whole body battered and bruised after being beaten senseless by someone. When asked to identify who it was, he either wasn't able to or refused.
In response, the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), then in charge of Australian Cricket (the equivalent of what is now Cricket Australia) banned him for 3 months.


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Happened in the Bourbon and Beefsteak in Kings Cross.

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

Happened in the Bourbon and Beefsteak in Kings Cross.

Hoppa copped a hiding there once too.

 

[tiger_one]

Denny’s Restaurants Australia 1984-1990
(I remember seeing Sirro and his young family eating at a table next to us, back in the day, at Denny's Parramatta)

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]

Western Suburbs, NSW and Aussie cricket legend - Greg Matthews turns 66 today

 

[tiger_one]

Cricket batting gloves from days gone ……

(I used to wear these many summers ago)

 

[Halbrowne61]

Cricket batting gloves from days gone ……


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Had an identical pair ! Helped but still hurt if you caught one on the finger !
The cigar type was a significant step forward.
Think they still need to do some work on the protector, every time someone gets hit “ down there” you can personally feel the pain despite the protection.
Maybe that’s a retirement project for me,
“ Hals Hero “, I like it !

 

[jadtiger]

Had an identical pair ! Helped but still hurt if you caught one on the finger !
The cigar type was a significant step forward.
Think they still need to do some work on the protector, every time someone gets hit “ down there” you can personally feel the pain despite the protection.
Maybe that’s a retirement project for me,
“ Hals Hero “, I like it !

Getting hit in the groin by a cricket ball is something no male will ever forget or want a second time.I shudder every time i see someone hit in that area.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Getting hit in the groin by a cricket ball is something no male will ever forget or want a second time.I shudder every time i see someone hit in that area.

The old saying used to be
“ don’t rub em, count ‘em” !

 

[tiger_one]

Guaranteed favs here ..........

 

[tiger_one]

 

[Halbrowne61]

Guaranteed favs here ..........


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Lots of memories, that’s for sure.

 

[tiger_one]

Young Talent Time, with Johnny Young

 

[tiger_one]

16 December 1993
Cricket commentators Richie Benaud (1930-2015) and Tony Greig (1946-2012) photographed in the Channel 9 commentary box at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
RIP

 

[tiger_one]

15 December 1967
Hoyyts Regent Theatre, George St., Sydney
Premier of the James Bond film 'You only live twice'.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]

Gil Gerard, star of ‘Buck Rogers In The 25th Century’ passed away today after a battle with cancer at the age of 82.
RIP

 

[tiger_one]

Dennis Lillee and Ian Botham chilling by a swimming pool at a winery on the rest day of the Adelaide Test in 1982

 

[tiger_one]

 

[tiger_one]

Down on the lawn, two punters are checking their winning tickets.
Melbourne Cup Day, 1968
(The year Jim Johnson rode Rain Lover in a runaway 1968 Melbourne Cup victory)