Greg Chappell's baggy green cap is among a collection amassed by cricket administrator Swan Richards over several decades.
Mr Richards is an accomplished bat maker and administrator who established the developmental Crusaders cricketing organisation. He received the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 for services to the game.
Chappell's baggy green was a first for the Museum. These cultural icons are relatively scarce and command high prices when they appear at auction.
The Swan Richards collection has links to important moments in modern Australian cricketing history.
A highlight is a mounted six-stitcher ball which landed in Wally Grout's gloves eight times when he set a new first-class catching record during an innings for Queensland against Western Australian in 1960.
The Swan Richards collection consists of:
- The baggy green cap worn by Greg Chappell as captain during the 1982–83 series against England; and a cricket bat used and signed by Chappell in the 1980s.
- Wicket keeper Rod Marsh’s 1982 one-day international cap, labelled ‘Bacchus’ on the inside; and a pair of Marsh’s wicket keeping gloves used in 1980.
- A pair of Wally Grout’s wicket keeping gloves; and the mounted ball from the 1960 game when he scooped the first-class record for eight catches in an innings.
- Spin bowler Bill ‘Tiger’ O’Reilly’s New South Wales team blazer.
In our collection