First published in 2015

by Stoke Hill Press

c/ 122 Wellbank Street, Concord NSW Australia 2137

© in this collection Norman Tasker and Ian Heads 2015

© in individual contributions remains with individual authors

The right of Norman Tasker and Ian Heads to be identified as the editors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000.

This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without the prior written permission of the author and publisher.

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:

Richie: the man behind the legend/editors: Norman Tasker, Ian Heads.

ISBN: 9780987564191 (hardback)

ISBN: 9781743547649 (ebook)

Includes index

Benaud, Richie, 1930–2015.

Cricket players—Australia—Biography.

Television journalists—Australia—Biography.

Radio journalists—Australia—Biography.

Sportswriters—Australia—Biography.

Other Creators/Contributors:

Tasker, Norman, editor.

Heads, Ian, editor.

Dewey Number: 796.358092

Edited & Produced by Geoff Armstrong

Cover Design by Luke Causby, Blue Cork

Internal Design & Typesetting by Kirby Jones

Printed in Australia by the OPUS Group