Arcare Warriewood resident Gordon Rorke sat down with us and talked about his debut game for Australia in Ashes series in 1959. Gordon chatted about his great captain Richie Benaud, touring to India and getting hepatitis while on tour.
The G. Rorke effect
For the sporting fanatics, Rorke made his Test debut in January 1959 in the Fourth Test of The Ashes series against England in Adelaide. It was an impressive debut, taking 3/23 off 18.1 eight-ball overs in the first innings (including the wickets of Colin Cowdrey for 84, Tom Graveney and Willie Watson) and 2/70 from 34 overs in the second innings.
Rorke claimed three wickets in the Fifth Test at Melbourne a fortnight later, and was selected to tour Pakistan and India the following year. A six-foot-five-inch (or 1.96 m) “Blond Giant”, Rorke was the fastest Australian bowler at the time.
Learn more about Gordon Rorke: https://mosman.nsw.gov.au/sportingwalloffame/sportsperson024.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Rorke
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