With Melbourne trailing and just minutes remaining in the game, Crompton had followed his Collingwood opponent up the ground and managed to pick up a loose ball in front of goal.
Crompton left Melbourne to play 18 games for Glenelg (SANFL) in 1961.
A specialist batsman, he played 45 first-class matches cricket for Victoria between 1957 and 1962 and averaged 31.8.
[4] He played 119 First XI matches for the Melbourne Cricket Club, averaging 27.8.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1930s is a stub.