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Cricketers' Almanack as "perhaps the only unequivocally popular man in
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throughout his career, and captained the club from 1984 to 1986, though this was a far from happy period. Nicknamed "Bluey" on account of his red hair, influential for his aggression on the field and for his playing statistics. He was particularly well loved by the
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hundred, in the same competition in 1981, did however come in a victory in an extraordinary game against
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