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3 unusual facts about Graham Thorpe


Graham Thorpe

He served New South Wales as a batting coach in two seasons starting in 2005/6 and played for UTS-Balmain in the Sydney First Grade competition.

Simon Wilde

Note: He was also the ghost writer for Graham Thorpe's autobiography: Graham Thorpe: Rising from the Ashes (2005).

Sydney Cricket Club

They hold claim to finding Tasmanian Tigers sensation Brendan Drew and were once the home of Graham Thorpe, Nathan Bracken and Ireland 2007 World Cup hero Jeremy Bray.


Scarborough Festival

The Surrey dynamo Ali Brown thrashed 133 in company with Graham Thorpe (102*) to help Surrey to 375 for 4 in just 40 overs in a Sunday League match in 1994 while Yorkshire themselves clobbered Nottinghamshire for 352 in 45 overs in 2001 thanks to Darren Lehmann's incredible 191 which came off 103 balls in 115 minutes with 20 fours and 11 sixes.

Wrecclesham

This is where Jonny Wilkinson and Graham Thorpe started careers in their professional sports as well as many sportsmen of some generations before such as Billy Beldham and Vic Cannings.


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