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What happened to Jack Pratten?

When 20 year old left hander Harjas Singh recently scored an extraordinary 314 from 141 balls in a 1st Grade limited overs game, he hit 35 sixes, many of them out of the ground at Western Suburbs' home ground, Pratten Park. I knew the name, Pratten. I also had a feeling that JE Pratten, another...
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Pratten Park, Ashfield

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Graham McKenzie

Before the great Dennis Lillee, there was another WA great fast bowler for his state, country and also Leicestershire.

This pic shows his just-about-perfect bowling action described by Fred Trueman at the time as "The Rolls Royce of actions ..."




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