Australia: 1927-1988
Cricket - Bill Johnston.

A description with many details about Bill Johnston is given in Wikipedia or Absolute Astronomy.

William Arras Johnston (1922-2007) was a remarkable bowler who played 47 Tests for Australia. Not only could be bowl left arm pace but he was also an excellent orthodox left arm spinner.

Bill Johnston is best remembered as a spearhead of Don Bradman's undefeated 1948 touring team which is now, with great respect and reverence, referred to as "The Invincibles". Johnston headed the wicket-taking lists in both the Test and the first-class matches on the tour. As a testament to his great ability, Bill Johnston was the last Australian to take over 100 wickets on a tour of England.

Bradman regarded him as Australia's greatest ever left-arm bowler.

 Bill At MCC
Johnston bowling against the West Indies at the Melbourne Cricket ground in 1953.

Bill Johnston played 40 Tests scoring 273 runs at an average of 11.6. His highest score was 29. He took 16 catches. In contrast, he took 160 wickets at an average of 23.9. His best innings performance was 6 for 44 while his best match performance was 9 for 183.

Selection into his first Australian Eleven team.  
AW-DO-10A(44) AW-DO-10A (44).
Colac to Brisbane
(CTO Brisbane 27 November 1947).

Johnston's Test debut was against India in Brisbane from 28 November to 4 December 1947.

Johnston's figures were 2 for 17 and 1 for 11 - the real bowling honours going to E. Toshack who had match figures of 11 for 31 off 19.3 overs!!! Bill did not even get to bat in Australia's only innings.
Selection into the 1948 touring team to England -
Bradman's Invincibles.		  
AW-DO-10(45) AW-DO-10Aa (45).

Colac to Melbourne
(CTO Melbourne
14 February 1948).

Johnston had just finished playing in the Fifth Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (6-10 February) which Australia had won by an innings and 177 runs. Johnston had scored 23 runs not out and taken 0 for 14 (off 8) and 2 for 15 (off 7).

The touring Test team was announced soon after the match.

In the days before professional sport, Johnston was emploued full-time at Dunlops.
46-AW-DO-10B_Johnston AW-DO-10B (46).

Victoria Market to Richmond.
(12 February 1948).

Selection into the Ashes Team to tour England.

Type B form torn roughly from the teleprinter so that the geading for this form and the next are showing.

Bill Johnston played for the Richmond Cricket Club from the age of 17. He was selected for the first time into the Victorian Cicket Team but his match was abandoned - Pearl Harbour had just been bombed. He then spent the next four years as a radar technician in Northern Australia.
Marconi Bill J

IMW-DO-1.

Marconigram sent from the
S.S. Orion and delivered to Bill Johnston aboard the
S.S. Strathaird on 5 April 1948.

At that time, Johnston was travelling with the Australian team after his first selection for a Tour (see above). That team was, of course, Bradman's Invincibles.