Keith Murdoch passed away in Melbourne, Victoria. It was 2 December 1972 in Cardiff, the day he made his 27th appearance for New Zealand’s All Blacks against one of the all-time great Wales teams. Keith knew he was dying and obviously wanted to be near Sally,” Mr Parry said. Center Point, IA 52213 (319) 849-1567 [email protected] Get Directions. His amazing story began nearly 46 years after a fateful night in Cardiff that changed his life forever, In December 1972, the giant prop became the first All Black to be sent home from a tour following an incident in Cardiff.Hours after scoring the winning try to beat Wales 19-16 at the Arms Park on December 2, the moustached Murdoch punched a 29-year-old security guard following a heavy drinking session at the Angel Hotel in the city centre.Peter Grant, the security guard from Cwmbran, was reportedly left with two black eyes following the incident that made front page news in Wales and New Zealand.“He tried to punch one of his tour officials and I stepped in to restrain him," Grant said at the time. In the bush. I don’t know.”Dean didn’t even know he was a New Zealander. He walked to the newsagent for his morning paper, to Woolies for his groceries.If Carnarvon people didn’t know his name, they certainly saw him regularly pounding the footpaths. Now that he’s dead at 74, the story of Murdoch’s secretive last years in WA can finally be told. They struggled with the weight of the coffin.“Christ, he was heavy,” said 71-year-old Kiwi. Against the wishes of the team, the NZ hierarchy decide to send Murdoch home.It will be the first and only time an All Black has ever been sent home from tour in disgrace. He takes some comfort in believing Murdoch was coming to grips with his mortality and in his final months was at ease with the life that he had lived and the decisions he had made.“When we talked, he was happy to talk about what he done and what he enjoyed — and that obviously wasn’t football,” he said.
“I think it may have been the World Cup final, I can’t remember to be honest.“He didn’t say a lot, but we were just sitting there, and he muttered something along the lines of, ‘I used to play rugby’, and I thought something along the lines of ‘oh, that’s nice Keith’, you know, as two blokes do in a pub.“Apart from that, I watched plenty of games of rugby with him and he never mentioned a word.”Now that he knows the back story, Dean also recalls asking Keith whether he’d ever been overseas and was told that he had “toured” a few countries.“I know it may sound obvious now, but I had no idea.
Murdoch was never named as a suspect and said little at the inquest, where he again ignored the media.It is not known where Murdoch disappeared to after that day. Keith Murdoch in the Wales vs New Zealand game in 1972 (Image: REX/Shutterstock) “He tried to punch one of his tour officials and I stepped in to restrain him," Grant said at the time. “So, I don’t blame him for not telling me. She recalled how their family was over the moon when he was selected to become an All Black.She also talked about “a lovely card” signed by her brother’s remaining All Blacks teammates, including then captain of the 1972 touring squad, Ian Kirkpatrick. There he was, in full All Black gear. Central City, IA 52214 (319) 438-6113 [email protected] Get Directions. Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (1885-1952), journalist and newspaper proprietor, was born on 12 August 1885 at West Melbourne, second son and third of seven children of Rev.
Everyone just knew him as Keith, the big bloke who sat in the corner and didn’t say boo.Drew Vandeleur remembers “this big bastard” walking into his earthmoving business around 2009 looking for work as a bulldozer driver.His business, Tremor Earthworks, contracts for outback stations and shires who need grader drivers to iron out the corrugations that cripple any vehicle using the endless gravel roads that crisscross WA.The work is long, hot and dusty.
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