Richard Harris Drewer (born 12 June 1946) is an Australian cricketer. He played fourteen first-class matches and two List A matches for South Australia between 1974 and 1976.[1]
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| Full name | Richard Harris Drewer | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 1946 Adelaide, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1974/75-1975/76 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 October 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicknamed "Stumpy",[2] Drewer attended Scotch College,[3] and spent many years playing South Australian district cricket for Sturt, Adelaide University and Adelaide cricket clubs,[4] before making his debut for South Australia on 13 December 1974, against Queensland at Adelaide Oval, scoring 90 and eight.[5]
Drewer, who was a DJ who played private parties under the name SWORD (an acronym for "The Swinging World of Rick Drewer"),[6] was known for wearing his shirt unbuttoned to the waist[2] and his uproarious laugh[6] and quickly became a popular member of the South Australian team.[7]
Drewer also received support from influential local sports reporter Alan Shiell, who argued that Drewer was, along with Ashley Woodcock, the best opening batsmen South Australia had.[8] While South Australia won the Sheffield Shield in 1975/76, Drewer played poorly, averaging only 15.70 from five matches, including scores of 0, 0, 0 and five against Western Australia, falling to Dennis Lillee each time.[9]
When South Australian captain Ian Chappell learnt that selectors had dropped Drewer from the squad to play New South Wales and Queensland without consulting Chappell, he threatened strike action.[7]
In 2019 The Advertiser named Drewer as an opener in Scotch College's Greatest Ever Team.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Richard Drewer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ a b Kitto, p. 2.
- ^ a b Turner, M. "The Great Cricket School Debate", The Advertiser (Adelaide), 2 September 2019.
- ^ Page, p, 13.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1974/75 South Australia v Queensland". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ a b Sexton, p. 94.
- ^ a b Nicholls, p. 26.
- ^ Sexton, p. 26.
- ^ Manning, pp. 125-127.
Sources
edit- Kitto, D. The Allrounder, Adelaide Cricket Club Newsletter, Edition 5: Number 1, 2003/2004.
- Manning, G. (2018) "Reviewed", Between Wickets, Summer and Winter 2018–19, Mansfield Publishing: Sydney. ISSN 2202-9397
- Nicholls, B. (2015) The Establishment Boys, New Holland Publishers: Sydney. ISBN 9781742577067
- Page, R. (1984) South Australian Cricketers 1877 - 1984, Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians: Retford, Nottinghamshire.
- Sexton, M. (2017) Chappell's Last Stand, Affirm Press: Melbourne. ISBN 9781925584424