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| Full name | Blair Maesmore Campbell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 1946 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 November 2020 (aged 74) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969/70 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977/78–1979/80 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 November 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blair Maesmore Campbell (20 August 1946 – 3 November 2020)[1] was an Australian rules footballer and cricketer.
Campbell played first-class cricket for Victoria and Tasmania as a slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler and right-handed batsman. He also played in Victorian Football League for both Richmond and Melbourne Football Clubs during the 1960s.
Campbell is considered one of the earliest exponents of the banana kick.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Blair Campbell, Australian Football. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ↑ Carter, Ron, "This Kick not for the Books, The Age, (Thursday, 28 March 1968), p.26.
- ↑ Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, p. 163. The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.
External links
- Blair Campbell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Blair Campbell at ESPNcricinfo
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