Pud Thurlow played one Test, where he bowled and fielded but took neither a wicket nor a catch. Batting at #11, Thurlow was run out for a duck in his only innings.

However, it was the not out batsman at the other end that made him a quizmasters' favourite: Thurlow left BRADMAN stranded on 299 not out.

Thurlow was not a great bowler by any standards. His First-Class bowling average was a very, very ordinary 43. But he had pace, raw pace. Leo O'Connor was sure he was quicker than Tim Wall, the fastest Australian of the era.

For Queensland, Thurlow formed a lethal pair with the legendary Eddie Gilbert. When Gilbert bowled *that* over to Bradman (arguably the most famous over in the history of cricket), Thurlow was bowling from the other end.

Gilbert took 4/74 that day; Thurlow, 0/69. But Thurlow hit Kippax on the temple, forcing him to be hospitalised. Earlier in his career he had broken Woodfull's finger.

Neither Gilbert nor Thurlow was included in the Test side during the Bodyline series. It might have been a spectacular contest.

Perhaps his outspoken attitude had something to do with it. He criticised the Test batsmen for "refusing to face the music", insisting they should "grin and bear it."

"Their attitude is branding us as a nation of bad sportsmen… We don’t want to be called dingoes."

However, Thurlow took an amazing catch that season at the Gabba. Roy Longeran hooked, and Thurlow, at square-leg, leapt up as high in the air as he could, timed it perfectly, and pulled off a one-handed stunner.

Daily Mercury wrote: “So pleased was Gilbert that he ran and shook 'Pud' Thurlow vigorously by the hand. A spectator remarked that the last time he saw Eddie Gilbert shaking hands at the Brisbane Cricket Ground was when Constantine hit him out of the oval for six.”

Thurlow also had a terrific sense of humour. He once offered a cough-lozenge to an over-appealing wicketkeeper.

On another occasion he walked out with a visibly undersized bat. A confused Roy Levy interrupted.
Levy: What’s the joke?
Thurlow: The bat.
Yes, he had carried the bat just for that one line. He would have made an incredible meme-maker.

He once came out at #11 when his club needed 8, and immediately asked: "Where was it Trumper made that record hit?"

The fielders told him. He had a go, was obviously dismissed first ball, and while leaving, blamed the laws for not being allowed a trial ball.

Pud Thurlow was born on Jan 10, 1903.