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Our prayers with David Hookes
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Ford_GTHO351
U19 Vice-Captain
My prayers are with David Hookes and his family.
I hope he can recover from this.
I hope he can recover from this.
from what i can gather,
he is still alive, or at least there has been no official announcement saying otherwise.
but the odds off him pulling through appear very short, and if he isn't already dead, it appears almost certain that he will be within the next 24 hours
one of the most tragic events in australia cricketing history.
he is still alive, or at least there has been no official announcement saying otherwise.
but the odds off him pulling through appear very short, and if he isn't already dead, it appears almost certain that he will be within the next 24 hours
one of the most tragic events in australia cricketing history.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
They have, he was let out on conditional bail this morning. I guess he'll be up on manslaughter now. This doesn't help improve the opinion of 'bouncers' IMO.Tim said:
Sad, sad day.
Eyes_Only
International Debutant
Former Australian batsman killed
David Hookes dies after assault
Wisden Cricinfo staff
January 18, 2004
David Hookes, the former Australia batsman and current coach of Victoria, has died in a Melbourne hospital after being injured while attempting to break up a fight outside a St Kilda hotel.
Hookes, 48, was treated by paramedics for half an hour at the scene of the assault before being rushed to intensive care, where he is in an induced coma on a life-support machine.
Eyewitnesses said that Hookes was trying to break up a row between a group of bouncers and wives and girlfriends of players of the Victorian cricket team. "The sound [of Hookes being hit] was sickening," one witness told reporters. "It was an ego thing [for the bouncers]. They wanted a fight. That's the way it looked like."
A 22-year-old man, Zdravco Micevic, was charged with assault after a brief appearance in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
Hookes made a memorable Test debut against England in the Centenary Test at Melbourne in March 1977, scoring 56, including five boundaries off a single Tony Greig over. He went on to play 23 Tests between 1977 and 1986, making 1306 Test runs, including a top score of 143 not out, at 34.36. When he retired from first-class cricket in 1992 he was the highest runscorer in Australian domestic cricket. In retirement Hookes became a successful coach and an outspoken media pundit.
More to follow.
© Wisden Cricinfo Ltd
May he rest in peace. My condolences go out to his family, friends
and the Victorian team
David Hookes dies after assault
Wisden Cricinfo staff
January 18, 2004
David Hookes, the former Australia batsman and current coach of Victoria, has died in a Melbourne hospital after being injured while attempting to break up a fight outside a St Kilda hotel.
Hookes, 48, was treated by paramedics for half an hour at the scene of the assault before being rushed to intensive care, where he is in an induced coma on a life-support machine.
Eyewitnesses said that Hookes was trying to break up a row between a group of bouncers and wives and girlfriends of players of the Victorian cricket team. "The sound [of Hookes being hit] was sickening," one witness told reporters. "It was an ego thing [for the bouncers]. They wanted a fight. That's the way it looked like."
A 22-year-old man, Zdravco Micevic, was charged with assault after a brief appearance in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
Hookes made a memorable Test debut against England in the Centenary Test at Melbourne in March 1977, scoring 56, including five boundaries off a single Tony Greig over. He went on to play 23 Tests between 1977 and 1986, making 1306 Test runs, including a top score of 143 not out, at 34.36. When he retired from first-class cricket in 1992 he was the highest runscorer in Australian domestic cricket. In retirement Hookes became a successful coach and an outspoken media pundit.
More to follow.
© Wisden Cricinfo Ltd
May he rest in peace. My condolences go out to his family, friends
and the Victorian team
Mingster
State Regular
They better ****en catch this ****en son of a bitch. **** him.
I hope all the magazines and newspapers out there don't criticise Hookes' selecting policy anymore.
Just shows when he was doing something good in separting the fight and gets this for it.
Hookes was a great guy from what I have heard from the likes of former players Crowe, Chappell.
Trageic news.
I hope all the magazines and newspapers out there don't criticise Hookes' selecting policy anymore.
Just shows when he was doing something good in separting the fight and gets this for it.
Hookes was a great guy from what I have heard from the likes of former players Crowe, Chappell.
Trageic news.
Warne is god
U19 12th Man
This is absolutely tragic, i'm going to the cricket on friday, i'm gonna make a banner with 4 words:
DO IT FOR HOOKESY
DO IT FOR HOOKESY
Warne is god
U19 12th Man
This is gonna sound cruel but it seems the Victorian Coaching job is cursed, first John Scholes now this. it'll be a brave man to take it on. NO OFFENCE TO ANYONE WHO TOOK ANY