Murray Hedgcock

Murray Hedgcock (born 23 February 1931) is an Australian cricket writer and journalist. He was born in south Melbourne and grew up in various country towns in Victoria.[1] The test cricketer Bill Woodfull was the headmaster of one of his schools.[2] After leaving school, he worked briefly in a bank before becoming a journalist. From 1966 until his retirement in 1991, he was posted to London. He wrote regularly for The Australian, Wisden and The Cricketer.

He edited a collection of PG Wodehouse's cricket writing under the title Wodehouse at the Wicket (1997). Other works include Hand in hand : Watney's Mortlake world : a brief history of Watney's Brewery gleaned from the company magazine and Sport in Twickenham: 91. He lives in southwest London and holds both Australian and British nationalities.

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