William Caffyn

Caffyn was a genuine all-rounder: a middle-order right-handed batsman and an effective right-arm medium-fast roundarm bowler.

[3] Caffyn was instrumental in the early development of Australian cricket and the establishment of Anglo-Australian competition.

After a period in Melbourne, he moved to Sydney, where he started a hairdressing business with his wife and coached at the Warwick Club.

In his book Seventy-one Not Out he wrote: Caffyn has the distinction of bowling the first ball in the first match between a team from England and one from Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The match took place on New Year's Day 1862, and saw his visiting England XI up against a Victorian XVIII.

Arlott wrote: "...despite its literary limitations, Seventy-one Not out is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand the history of cricket.

William Caffyn
The first English touring team pictured on board ship at Liverpool. Caffyn is standing second from left.