[1] An opening batsman, he played domestic first-class cricket for Queensland for ten years, from 1946–7 to 1956–7.

Archer initially worked as a science teacher during his playing career,[2] but switched to broadcasting in 1954 when he was recruited by Bob Hynes for the Brisbane radio station 4BC.

He later became Hynes's right-hand man in the Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation and succeeded him as its chief executive.

[5] Following the death of Len Maddocks in September 2016, Archer became Australia's oldest living male Test cricketer.

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