Cricket Australia pays tribute to Brian Booth, who played 29 Tests and represented his country in hockey at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Booth scored 1,773 Test runs at an average of 42.21Booth represented Australia in hockey at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
A stylish middle-order bat, Booth scored a century in his first home Test against England in 1962, before posting another in the next match at the MCG. But at the same time his own batting stumbled and after the hosts were beaten heavily in the second of those matches, Simpson returned to the side and Booth was dropped."Bobby Simpson was the regular captain and broke his arm just prior to the first Test.
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