The Greg Chappell archive, a quantity of letters, contracts, documents relating to the life and times of Chappell, as Test Cricketer, Australian Captain, Businessman, Family man, Australian Sporting icon, 1960's-90's
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The Greg Chappell archive, a quantity of letters, contracts, documents relating to the life and times of Chappell, as Test Cricketer, Australian Captain, Businessman, Family man, Australian Sporting icon, 1960's-90's

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The Greg Chappell archive, a quantity of letters, contracts, documents relating to the life and times of Chappell, as Test Cricketer, Australian Captain, Businessman, Family man, Australian Sporting icon, 1960's-90's
A highly significant archive relating to Greg Chappell, who played an important role in a key period of Australian and International Cricket, including the two most controversial episodes in Cricket since Bodyline, World Series Cricket and the underarm incident. The archivve highlights the influences, motivation, motivation, ambition affecting and defining the evolution, development and status of an Australian Test captain and as such, a microcosm of the elite sportsman
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The archive includes: large quantity of documents and letter from the ACB includnig signed contracts for domestic and international cricket 1975-1983; memorandum and articles of association of a professional cricketers association; details of prize money, sponsorship payments; promotional and marketing agreements; Tax Returns; investment ventures; letters relating to the settlement of the Clive Lloyd Age newspaper litigation arising from an article impying the fixing of a World Cup cricket match, the 30 plaintiffs included Greg Chappell, Kerry Packer and other mostly senior Australian and West Indian cricketers; Chappell's extensive charity work particularly with the Leukemia foundation of Queensland; Career statistics and 30 wagon wheels of Chappell's innings mostly by Bob Spence QCA score; articles as commentator and journalist; correspondence with the ACB including 'Protected Industrial Action' 1977; Chappell's manuscripts included risqu© songs composed on the 1972 tour of England and 1975 tour of the West Indies; notes on leadership, success in sport and business; descriptions of Steve and Mark Waugh '[Steve ] has the look of a professional assasin...body language screams don't mess with me...Mark Waugh looks more like the charming playboy punter who has put his last dollar on a 20-1 outsider in the last at Royal Randwick and couldn't care less. One, cold and analytical, always playing within his limits, the other a risk-taker, generally, trying to stretch the boundaries...'; descriptions of Allan Border, Mark Taylor, Azahruddin; a large quantity of congratulatory telegrams cover Chappells' cricket career form his first first-class century, selection for Tests, Captaincy, cricket records, retirement, from his supporters reflecting a cross-scetion of Australian society, family, friends, sponsors, politicians including Bill Sneedon, Murray Sargent, Bob Parish, John Brannon, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Leo O'Brien, the Wallabies; quantity of newspaper clippings

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