Michael Gandy (cricketer)
Michael George Gandy OAM (born 28 August 1944) is an Australian former cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in a tour match against West Indies in January 1969. He later became an umpire, officiating in one Women's Test, six first-class matches and one List A cricket match.[2][3] Gandy was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours for service to cricket.[4] He served as a Cricket Tasmania board member for 16 years and helped found the Tasmanian cricket museum.[1] He has also written or compiled several books of Tasmanian cricket history, including History of the Development of Tasmanian Cricket Association First Class Cricket Grounds 1832-2002 (2002), Break O'Day: A Cricket Anthology: A Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the ACS Tasmania (2008), Break O'Day: Cricket Anthology 2: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the ACS Tasmania's Newsletter (2017) and Tigers Roar: Celebrating 150 Years of the Tasmanian Cricket Association (2015, with Ric Finlay and Rick Smith).[5] References
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