CC: The Colin McDonald Story – Cricket, Tennis, Life
Memoir Biography Illustrated Non-Fiction Cricket Australian Sports History Post-war Australian Culture
Colin McDonald’s name sits next to Bradman’s in the record books—he was the first Australian to carry his bat through a Test innings twice—yet his story has never been told in full until this 2009 illustrated paperback. CC: The Colin McDonald Story is the opening batsman’s own account of how a kid from Footscray became the backbone of Australia’s batting in the 1950s and early ’60s, averaging 50 against the fiery Wes Hall and the spin of Jim Laker. Told with the same straight-driving style that made him a selector and commentator for decades, the memoir blends locker-room anecdotes with on-field tactics and the social history of post-war Australia, making it essential reading for cricket tragics and local-history buffs alike.
Beyond the boundary, McDonald’s life intersects with tennis legends, Olympic heroes and prime ministers, and the book’s 30-plus rare photographs show him shoulder-to-shoulder with Fraser, Laver, Benaud and Menzies. Readers glimpse Melbourne’s evolving suburbs, the birth of World Series Cricket, and the grassroots clubs that still feed the baggy green. Young adults will find a role-model who balanced elite sport, journalism and family, while older Australians will delight in the vanished world of scorecards, train trips to the SCG and radio replays on a Sunday afternoon.
This clean, tightly bound 212-page edition is free of marks, dog-ears and inscriptions, making it an ideal gift or collectable for anyone hunting Australian sporting memoirs that are both authoritative and warmly personal.
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