Short Leg – Who was Bert Folkard? – Part 1

In this episode, Tom is joined by co-authors Pat Rodgers and Peter Lloyd who have just published a gem of a biography on Bert Folkard (1878–1937), a Sydney cricketer during the Golden Age who, owing to personal and professional circumstances, never reached his full potential on the sporting field. His one chance at playing for Australia was dashed with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. ABOUT PAT RODGERS: P