Vic Richardson September 1940; they had one son and three daughters. He was a grandfather to three future Australian Test cricketers Ian Chappell, Greg Chappell (who both also captained Australia at Test level) and Trevor Chappell. Richardson was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 10 June 1954 for his services to cricket, including his presidency of the Country Carnival Cricket Association. Vic Richardson Victor York Richardson (7 September 189430 October 1969) was a leading Australian sportsman of the 1920s and 1930s, captaining the Australian cricket team and the South Australian Australian rules football team, representing Australia
Ian Chappell Australia's Channel Nine and in the United States by MLB Network. He worked with Matt Vasgersian and former Cy Young Award winner John Smoltz. Chappell's first book was an account of the 1972 Ashes tour, "Tigers Among the Lions", followed by a series of books of cricketing humour and anecdotes published in the early 1980s. The more analytical "The Cutting Edge", an appraisal of modern cricket, appeared in 1992. Ashley Mallett's biography, "Chappelli Speaks Out" (published in the UK as "Hitting Out – the Ian Chappell Story") was written in collaboration with Chappell and released in 2005. It caused controversy