In his day there was no finer attacking batsman than Ron Crippin. He was the scourge of fast bowlers who loved to let the little red ball fly. And fly it did when he was at the crease…often to the boundary fence and many times over it.

Born in Darlinghurst on 23 April 1947, Ronald James Crippin joined Randwick in 1960-61 at just 13 years of age. Despite his youth, he hit a score of 75, second only to young John Letson’s 130. He lined up again the following season repeating the dose with 75 in the opening round. He also made his Grade Cricket debut that season with some impressive knocks in 4ths and later 3rds.

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