Murray Hedgcock
Murray Hedgcock (born 23 February 1931) is an Australian cricket writer and journalist. He was born in south Melbourne and grew up in various country towns in Victoria.[1] The test cricketer Bill Woodfull was the headmaster of one of his schools.[2] After leaving school, he worked briefly in a bank before becoming a journalist. He worked in newspapers including the Sunraysia Daily and The News (Adelaide). From 1966 until his retirement in 1991, he was posted to London. He wrote regularly for The Australian, Wisden and The Cricketer.
He edited a collection of PG Wodehouse's cricket writing under the title Wodehouse at the Wicket (1997). Other works include Hand in hand : Watney's Mortlake world : a brief history of Watney's Brewery gleaned from the company magazine and Sport in Twickenham: 91. He lives in southwest London and holds both Australian and British nationalities.