The Chappells were hard nuts - it ran in the family. Their grandfather, Vic Richardson, was a batsman of the Bradman era and his grandsons inherited his burning desire to put one over the opposition, particularly if it was the English. Sibling rivalry added to their competitive streak. Ian, the eldest of the 3 Chappell brothers, was an Adelaide man through and through. He dedicated his cricketing career to the Adelaide Oval, which he rightly claims as one of the most beautiful Test grounds in the world. He made his debut for South Australia in 1961-62 in daunting circumstances, being called on to replace Garry Sobers in the State team. He was hungry for runs and he never took his leg-spin bowling as seriously as other people. It tended to disappear from the scoresheet once he became captain of a side. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in December 1964, but did not really establish himself until the England tour of 1968, when he was the only Australian batsmen who could effectively counter Underwood. His successes on that tour lead to a massive run-spree against the West Indies that winter, with scores including 117, 50, 165, 76, and 96, as well as a couple of hundreds outside the Tests. He inherited the Australian captaincy at the end of the Ashes series of 1970-71 and he also inherited a young fast bowler who would ensure he was a successful captain - Dennis Lillee. Lillee won him the Ashes in 1972 and when joined by Jeff Thomson in 1974-75, won them even more convincingly. Australia lost the 1975 world Cup final and that winter Chappell handed the captaincy to his brother. He lead the side in Kerry Packer's World Series and emerged from retirement in 1979-80 for one last, successful, crack against England. (Bob Harragan)