Thread: The Kerry Packer legacy lives on
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Old 04-01-2007, 12:22 PM in reply to Glenn's post "The Kerry Packer legacy lives on"
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Originally Posted by Glenn
...$10,000,000 grant has been announced by James Packer to establish the Kerry Packer Foundation, which will support former players and administrators of the game that have fallen on hard times.
Very noble. Hope it can help those really in need...or perhaps their widows and minor children?

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Originally Posted by TTFC
I wish there was a rich benefactor for the english county games also
This takes me back to a former Northern Transvaal quick bowler, Gerbrandt Grobler. He died in a car accident...and I think his family fell into some hard times then because he was the breadwinner? Speaking under correction though...
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