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Brian
Brian
Brian
played in 29 Tests matches between 1961 and 1966, and 93 first-class matches for
New South Wales. He captained Australia for two Tests during the 1965–66 Ashes
series while regular captain Bob Simpson was absent due to illness and injury.
Booth was a graceful right-handed middle order batsman at No. 4 or 5, and
occasionally bowled right arm medium pace or off spin. He had an inclination to use
his feet to charge spin bowlers. Booth was known for his sportsmanship on the field
and often invoked Christianity while discussing ethics and sport.
Pentland served in the fledgling Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and later the
Royal Air Force, before going into business in 1927. His ventures included
commercial flying around the goldfields of New Guinea, aircraft design and
manufacture, flight instruction, and charter work. In the early 1930s, he was
employed as a pilot with Australian National Airways, and also spent time as a
dairy farmer. Soon after the outbreak of World War II, he re-enlisted in the RAAF,
attaining the rank of squadron leader and commanding rescue and communications
units in the South West Pacific. Perhaps the oldest operational pilot in the
wartime RAAF, Pentland was responsible for rescuing airmen, soldiers and civilians,
and earned the Air Force Cross for his "outstanding courage, initiative and skill".
He became a trader in New Guinea when the war ended in 1945, and later a coffee