Eddie Gilbert (cricketer)
Eddie Gilbert (1 August 1905, Durundur Station, Queensland – 9 January 1978, Brisbane, Queensland) was a Queensland Aboriginal cricketer. He was an exceptionally fast bowler.
Read more about Eddie Gilbert (cricketer): Early Years, First Class Career, The Era of 'protection', Dismissing Bradman, Bowling Action, Retirement
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“Eddie Felson: Church of the Good Hustler.
Charlie: Looks more like a morgue to me. Those tables are the slabs they lay the stiffs on.
Eddie Felson: I’ll be alive when I get out, Charlie.”
—Sydney Carroll, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Rossen. Eddie Felson (Paul Newman)
“It’s very hot,
And weighs a lot,
As many a guardsman knows,
So off that helmet goes.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)