Cricket: 'Invincible' Loxton dies aged 90

BRISBANE: Sam Loxton, a member of Don Bradman's 1948 'Invincibles', has died aged 90. He passed away overnight in Queensland. The all-rounder played 12 Tests from 1948 to 1951 and is best remembered as being part of Bradman's 'Invincibles' team which went through the 1948 tour of England undefeated. Bradman had described Loxton's play as 'the very essence of belligerence'. Loxton scored 101 against South Africa in 1949 for his only Test hundred amongst his 554 Test runs, with an average of 36.93.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 4^th, 2011.