Graham Neil Yallop was born on 7 October 1952 and is a former Australian international cricketer.
60 Facts About Graham Yallop
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Graham Yallop was the first player to wear a full helmet in a Test match.
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Graham Yallop was born at Balwyn, Victoria in 1952 and played for Richmond age-group sides in the Dowling Shield during the late 1960s.
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Graham Yallop worked with me for quite a few years to get me up to speed with my batting.
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Graham Yallop made his senior cricket debut for Victoria in December 1972, scoring a half-century on debut against New South Wales.
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In 1973 Graham Yallop played for Walsall in the Birmingham League.
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Graham Yallop played some games for the Marylebone Cricket Club.
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Graham Yallop made his List A cricket debut in the Gillette Cup and scored 538 first-class runs during the season at an average of 38.28 runs per innings.
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In 1975 Graham Yallop again played league cricket in England, scoring more than 3,000 runs for North Birmingham.
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Graham Yallop was surprised at the call up, but said that it was "a great thrill and I'm determined to make the most of my chance".
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The dropping of McCosker was not popular with Australian captain Greg Chappell and other members of the side, and Graham Yallop was put in to bat at number three, McCosker's usual place in the batting order.
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McCosker returned to the side for the sixth test at the MCG, batting at number three, but Graham Yallop kept his place; batting down the order at number six he made 57 in the first innings and did not bat in the second.
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Graham Yallop had averaged 44 runs per innings in the three Tests.
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However Graham Yallop again started the summer slowly with scores of 10,19,16 and 1, and with Doug Walters returning from injury and Davis promoted to opener, Graham Yallop lost his place in the side.
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Graham Yallop was not selected for the tour of England in 1977 and he was not offered a contract with World Series Cricket - in contrast with several other batters who had not played test cricket.
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Graham Yallop took over the captaincy of Victoria after Richie Robinson signed to play WSC.
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Graham Yallop made a total of 729 first-class runs that summer, at an average of 56.07 runs per innings.
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The Australian side to tour the West Indies was selected at the same time as the fifth Test and Graham Yallop was included, although the vice-captain on the West Indies tour was Jeff Thomson.
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Graham Yallop scored 24 and 28 against the Leeward Islands, and 12 in the first ODI.
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Graham Yallop made 66 and 44 not out against Trinidad and Tobago, helping Australia run down a six wicket victory.
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Graham Yallop missed the next tour game, against Barbados, but played in the second test, making 47 and 14.
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Graham Yallop scored 118 in a tour game against Guyana when his jaw was broken by a bouncer from Colin Croft.
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Graham Yallop missed the third Test, which was won by Australia.
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Graham Yallop returned to the Australian team for the second ODI, making 7.
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At the SCG Australia were dismissed for 198, of which Graham Yallop scored 121; the next highest score was 16 and Graham Yallop later said this was his greatest Test match innings.
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England made 308 for their first innings; Australia collapsed for 141 and with England needing only 34 runs for victory, Graham Yallop elected to open the bowling in England's second innings with the old ball, to the consternation of England's captain Mike Brearley.
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Graham Yallop injured his calf in a club match, leading Richmond to victory in a district semi final, which forced him to miss the second Test match.
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The book had been written by a ghost writer and it transpired that Graham Yallop had not read it prior to publication; he later began legal action to stop sections of the book being published, but this was withdrawn.
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Graham Yallop kept his place in the team after losing the captaincy, playing in the 1979 Cricket World Cup and all six Tests on the tour of India in late 1979, the last Australian series before the WSC players were welcomed back into the national side.
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Graham Yallop was retained as an opener for the sixth Test, top-scoring with another half-century in Australia's first innings.
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Graham Yallop regained his place in the Test team for the first Test of the three-match series, again playing as an opener alongside Bruce Laird.
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Graham Yallop dropped down the order to play at number five in the second Test and scored 172, his highest first-class score to date; the innings included a 217 run partnership with Greg Chappell.
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Graham Yallop retained his place for the 1980 tour of England for the second Centenary Test.
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Graham Yallop played in all six Tests on the tour as England retained the Ashes.
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Graham Yallop returned to the Victorian side in December and scored 647 first-class during the season but was overlooked for the Australian tour of Pakistan in 1982, the selectors preferring to take Greg Ritchie and Wayne Phillips.
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Graham Yallop scored three centuries, including making 246 runs against Queensland, his first double century, and made a total of 1,418 first class runs at an average of 67.52 runs per innings, beating Bill Ponsford's record for the most runs in an Australian domestic season.
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Graham Yallop was selected on the 1983 tour of Sri Lanka after Kim Hughes chose not to go on the tour.
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Graham Yallop scored 98 in the only Test match on the tour in a comfortable Australian victory.
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Graham Yallop's form continued in the One Day International series, including making three half-centuries in the four matches on the tour,.
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Graham Yallop was chosen in Australia's squad for the 1983 Cricket World Cup in England where he performed well, making another two half-centuries, although the team did not advance beyond the group stage of the competition.
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Graham Yallop featured in partnerships of 203 with Hughes for the third wicket and 185 with Greg Matthews for the seventh wicket, both record stands for Australia against Pakistan.
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Graham Yallop's 268 was, at the time, the highest score by an Australian against Pakistan and the seventh highest score by an Australian in any Test match.
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Graham Yallop then played in Australia's ODI side against the West Indies.
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Graham Yallop was ruled out of the ODI side and was replaced by David Hookes.
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Graham Yallop ultimately did not make the tour and Jones played instead.
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In July 1984 Graham Yallop was one of the sixteen Australian players contracted by the Australian Cricket Board and he was selected on the 14-man ODI tour of India.
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Graham Yallop then withdrew himself from the Victorian Shield team to play Tasmania, claiming a knee injury.
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On his return to domestic cricket, Graham Yallop scored 21 and 0 against Queensland and 34 and 1 against South Australia.
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However it was not successful overall, only making 272 first class runs at an average of 27.2 with a top score of 62; in the unofficial test matches that he played Graham Yallop scored 51 and 24, and 20 and 6.
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Graham Yallop scored 184 one day runs at an average of 26.28 with two half centuries.
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People such as [Mick] Taylor, who had no reputations, have made one for themselves, while Graham Yallop, who had all the reputation, has not really done anything.
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Graham Yallop played better the following year when he was no longer the vice-captain of the side, scoring 552 runs at an average of 61.33, with a top score of 182.
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Graham Yallop later said he had "mixed emotions" about the rebel tours.
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Graham Yallop never played first-class cricket again: the majority of the rebel tourists were embraced by their old states but not the Victorians.
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Undoubtedly, Graham Yallop was more at home against slow bowling and was considered one of the best players of spinners during an era when few existed.
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Graham Yallop was a safe fielder behind the wicket and was often positioned in the gully.
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Graham Yallop averaged better than one century every five Tests and never went more than six consecutive Tests without a hundred.
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Graham Yallop was unimaginative, tactically unsophisticated and lacked the respect of his players.
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In 1989 Graham Yallop was fined $1,000 for selling alcohol at his cricket centre.
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Graham Yallop has worked closely with Indonesian cricket, coaching and fund raising, including donating one of his baggy green caps for auction for its development.