RE: Burn & Earn - Eliminator: Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder
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Good to hear you are using your local knowledge to come up with that number ;-)
What memorabilia is on display there?
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Back in the mid 90s, it was almost customary for beloved Australian Cricket Champions to be given a "Testimonial Match" - usually an invitational 50 over match with a number of past and present players (international and domestic) as well as some local celebrities - when they retired.
David Clarence Boon was no different. I was lucky enough to win a radio contest, of which the prize was a couple of tickets to an International match at the MCG, and a bat signed by the players from Boonie's Testimonial.
The Tasmanian Cricket Museum don't have such a piece, and as I have nowhere to display it at home, it has been on loan to them for the last dozen years or so.
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Great story!
Do they have any of the 52 beer cans on display which Boony was said to have consumed on one flight from Oz to the UK?
Not that I can recall, but last time I was there I did see a few cool exhibits. I'll have to have a dig and see if I can find some old photos, or maybe I just found a reason to go for a look around and take Miss 4 with me for some education
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