Clif Cary was an Australian cricket reporter of the 1930s and 1940s. He was the "sports editor on the commercial radio network with the largest sports audience in the Commonwealth" and in 1946 he published ''Test Cricket and Records'', "a splendid, authentic and comprehensive history of the many great Anglo-Australian matches" from 1876 to 1938. He was a cricket commentator for the radio station 2UE for the

1946–47 Ashes series The 1946–47 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of six days with five hours play each day and eight ball overs. Unlike pre-war Tests in Australia, matches were not timeless and played to a finish. It formed part of the M ...

. After which he wrote ''Cricket Controversy, Test matches in Australia 1946-47'', an account of the series in which he was critical of the poor selection of the

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Wally Hammond Walter Reginald Hammond (19 June 1903 – 1 July 1965) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed ca ...

's uninspired leadership,

Don Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test cricket, Test batting average (c ...

's overeagerness to win, which Cary thought verged on

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, and the mistakes made by the Australian umpires

George Borwick George Borwick may refer to: * George Borwick (umpire) (1896–1981), Australian cricket test match umpire * George Borwick (politician) (1879–1964), British Conservative MP for Croydon North 1918–1922 {{DEFAULTSORT:Borwick, Geor ...

and

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. Along with

Jack Fingleton John Henry Webb Fingleton, (28 April 190822 November 1981) was an Australian cricketer, journalist and commentator. The son of Australian politician James Fingleton, he was known for his dour defensive approach as a batsman, scoring five Test ...

he was regarded as one of Bradman's critics, even though he admired his batting.p84, Brett Hutchins, ''Don Bradman: Challenging the Myth'', Cambridge University Press, 2005

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