Like most white fellas, my family background combines a few cultures though primarily it is Irish, and German. Which brings me to the next point: Why not chose an Australian Test 11 of players whose family origins are from the Emerald Isle. Here we go !
Tom Horan
Tom Kelly
Stan McCabe
Norm O’Neill
Peter Toohey
Colin McCool
James Kelly
Kerry O’Keefe
Bill O’Reilly
Ernie McCormick
Alan Connolly
12th man Simon O’ Donnell
Stan McCabe might indeed be of Scotch origin, but the name Mc Cabe occurs amongst both groups of Gaelic speakers.
Caba is the Irish name for cap, hood, helmet, with McCabe being the son of the helmeted one.
Who have i left out? Who wouldn’t you have chosen? Does the batting order look correct, or maybe Kerry o’Keefe should open, as he once did, in 1977. It’s over to my fellow Almanacers.
Glen!
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