Blair Campbell
Blair Maesmore Campbell (born 20 August 1946) is a former Australian cricket player, who played for Victoria from 1969 to 1976, and the Tasmanian Tigers from 1977 until 1980. He played as a slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler and right-handed batsman.
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| Full name | Blair Maesmore Campbell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1946 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 15 August 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell also played Australian rules football at the highest level, appearing in the Victorian Football League for both Richmond and Melbourne during the 1960s. Campbell is considered one of the earliest progenitors of the banana kick.[1]
References
- Atkinson, p. 163.
Sources
- Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.
- Blair Campbell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Blair Campbell at ESPNcricinfo
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