b'15Ian Macca McDonaldBeginning his journalistic career in 1950 as a crime reporter for the Argus, Ian Macca McDonald would go on to make a name for himself as the chief writer for the Sporting Globe, before becoming the sports editor of the Sunday Press in the early 1970s. He surprised his colleagues in 1977 when he embraced the opportunity to switch sides and pioneer the VFLs media manager role, a first for Australian sporting administration culture. It was a stroke of genius on the part of the VFL - with his decades of experience as a journalist, McDonald was well placed to anticipate all the ploys the media might use in pursuit of the details of a scandal.Tapped for a similar role in 1983 by the Australian Cricket Board, McDonald moved to the MCG and began a long association that saw him taking on the additional roles of publications manager and Test and One-Day Team manager, both in Australia and overseas. Ever the trustworthy confidante, McDonald helped see the organisation through an intense period that included Kim Hughes 1984 resignation as Test captain, Allan Borders difficult first few years, the John the Bookmaker scandal, some eighty home Test matches, the 1992 World Cup, and Australias win over the West Indies in 1995.McDonalds many achievements also include his role as founder of the Victorian Football Writers Association (now the AFLMA), the writing or co-authoring of several sporting biographies, and his honorary life presidency of the Vingt Cinq Club, which he helped to found.After leaving the ACB in 1998, McDonald retired to a life on the Gold Coast. He passed away in 2020.Keep an eye out for the Ian Macca McDonald provenance statement on lots 112, 119, 125, 135, 139, 140 and about 50 other lots.106WEST INDIES IN AUSTRALIA 1960-61: A full-size Crockett Norm ONeill Australia souvenir cricket bat produced for the Atlantic Union Oil Company (which merged with Esso in 1962), signed in pen by three greats of the West Indies team - Wes Hall, Rohan Kanhai and Garry Sobers. $500750107ENGLISH TEST MATCH ACTION PHOTOGRAPHS: June 1962 Graveney square cuts a ball from Ahmed for 4, June 1965 Dexter drives a ball from Collinge, July 1965 John Edrich hits out at a ball from Motz, August 1966 Barber drives a ball from Sobers; all signed action photographs attractively mounted, framed and glazed. (4 items) .$150200108WISDEN CRICKETERS ALMANACKS: All hardback editions without dust jackets, comprising 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, and 1971. (5 volumes) .$120180109WISDEN CRICKETERS ALMANACKS: All hardback editions with dust jackets, comprising 1966, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1983, and 1985. (7 volumes) .$120180110A shelf of books including Wisden Cricketers Almanacks for 1967 (h/c), 1974 (h/c), 1975, 1979, 1996 and 1999 (h/c), The Bradman Albums, plus others. (25 vols.) .$100150111WISDEN CRICKETERS ALMANACKS: All softcover editions, comprising 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 (2), 1977, 1980 (2), 1985, 1986, 1992, and 1993. (13 volumes) $150200112Group of twelve books on cricket, published in years spanning the 1970s to 2010s, all signed by their respective authors with dedications to Ian McDonald, including 1993 Beyond Ten Thousand - Allan Border: My Life Story, 1996 Steve Waughs World Cup Diary, 2013 Steve Waugh - The Meaning of Luck, and 2000 Ian Healy - Hands & Heals.Provenance: The Collection of Ian Macca McDonald, Australian Team Manager 1986-1998 $200300106 114'