1. Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and, after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team in the Victory Tests.
11 Facts About Richard Whitington
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Richard Whitington attended Scotch College, Adelaide, before studying law at the University of Adelaide and becoming a lawyer.
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Richard Whitington married Alison Margaret "Peggy" Dale on 19 December 1939; they divorced in 1942.
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Richard Whitington married Jenny Drake-Brockman in Perth in June 1944.
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Richard Whitington was a regular member of the South Australian side until World War II, playing 36 matches and scoring 1728 runs at an average of 30.85, with three centuries.
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Richard Whitington resumed his first-class career after his war service, taking part in the Australian Services tour of England in 1945, the tour of Ceylon and India, and the short tour of Australia.
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Richard Whitington played 18 matches on the three tours, scoring 1054 runs at an average of 35.13.
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Richard Whitington scored one century, 155, in the second of the three matches against an Indian XI: opening, he put on 218 in 175 minutes for the second wicket with Jack Pettiford.
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Richard Whitington was known for his collaborations with Services XI teammate Keith Miller; the pair wrote many books together.
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Richard Whitington was sports editor and roving Test reporter for Consolidated Press, owned and managed by the Packer family.
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Richard Whitington wrote numerous books on cricket, many of them prefaced by Sir Robert Menzies, and in later years, the official biography of Sir Frank Packer, and a history of Australian cricket.