Vic Richardson

Vic Richardson (1894 to 1969), nicknamed The Guardsman, was a leading Australian sportsman of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Parkside, South Australia, he is best known as a cricketer who played 19 Test matches for Australia between 1924 and 1936, five of them as captain, and who was rated the best fielder in the world. He also captained the South Australia Australian rules football team, won the Magarey Medal in 1920 while captain-coach of Sturt, represented Australia in baseball and South Australia in golf, and won the South Australian state tennis title. Alongside these he was a leading local player in lacrosse, basketball and swimming.