Former Test Great dead
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This is a digitised version of an article from The Cayman Compass's print archive. Occasionally, the digitisation process introduces transcription errors, or other problems.
See the article in its original context from November 1981.
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Fingleton opened the batting for Australia in the 1930s and was the first player to score four consecutive test match centuries.
He later became a political correspondent in Canberra, he wrote several books on cricket and his autobiography was due to have been published next week.
