Max Walker dead at 68

By Jon Pierik
Updated October 4 2016 - 11:08am, first published September 28 2016 - 10:04am
Cricket great Max Walker. Photo: Stephen Lightfoot
Cricket great Max Walker. Photo: Stephen Lightfoot
Australian bowler Max Walker appeals unsuccessfully for the lbw of West Indian batsman Andy Roberts in 1977. Photo: PURCELL
Australian bowler Max Walker appeals unsuccessfully for the lbw of West Indian batsman Andy Roberts in 1977. Photo: PURCELL
Ken Sutcliffe, left, and Max Walker present Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports in 1989.  Photo:  SIMON ALEKNA
Ken Sutcliffe, left, and Max Walker present Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports in 1989. Photo: SIMON ALEKNA
Max Walker attempts to sweep New South Wales bowler David Hourn during a Sheffield Shield match at the SCG in 1976.
Max Walker attempts to sweep New South Wales bowler David Hourn during a Sheffield Shield match at the SCG in 1976.

Max Walker, one of Australian sport's larger-than-life characters in his heyday as a cricketer and raconteur, and battled cancer post-retirement, has died aged 68.

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