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Freddo

At Perth in 1975 Roy Fredericks played one of the greatest attcking innings of all time - in this feature Martin looks back fondly at one of his boyhood favourites
 
Burgey

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Also famous for giving the two fingered salute to Lenny Pascoe during a WSC match.

Was such a good player to watch. Top read as always Fred.
 
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Mallett, the one Australian bowler who couldn't have bounced Fredericks even if he had wanted to, is a writer whose work I enjoy, and his prose is seldom grandiloquent, but on this subject he made an exception, writing of the day all the stars in the firmament got together with a dynamo to give the world of cricket an unmatched heavenly delight.
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Fredericks' must have changed Mallett's emotional state for him to write such an uncharacteristic line.

Even the title of his magazine piece was a little OTT: 'Shine on me, Roy'

I Was There: Ashley Mallett on Roy Fredericks 169 in Perth, 1976 | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

But I guess, if you were there on the field at close quarters......
 
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