The family home of Aussie cricketing champ Alan Davidson has been listed with a ‘bargain’ price guide of $2.8million.
Test great Davidson, who died at age 92 in 2021, bought the delightful fixer-upper in Sydney‘s Strathfield for a mere £10,000 ($19,600) in the 1950s.
Boasting many of its original design fittings, including stained glass windows and decorative woodwork, the home features four bedrooms and a granny flat.
Alan’s son Neil Davidson said the family were putting the old home under the hammer after the sad passing of his mother, Betty, in 2023, reported the Wentworth Courier on Wednesday.
Agents representing the sale told the publication that the home at ‘around the $3million’ price was highly ‘affordable’ for the suburb, which lies 15km west of the CBD.
Highlights include a large covered entertainment deck, a combined living and dining area, adjoining a spacious kitchen and a private lounge which also doubles as a bedroom.
The home, which still has its original façade, also boasts a classic front porch.
The family home of Aussie cricketing champ Alan Davidson (pictured) has been listed with a ‘bargain’ price guide of $2.8million
Test great Davidson, who died at age 92 in 2021, bought the delightful fixer-upper in Strathfield for a mere £10,000 in the 1950s. Pictured: Street view of the gorgeous cottage
Boasting many of its original design fittings, including stain-glass windows and decorative woodwork, the home features four bedrooms and a granny flat
Another highlight is a self-contained granny flat, which hosts two bedrooms and features a covered deck.
It also has a living/dining area and adjoining kitchen and a separate lounge room.
Davidson shared his happy memories with the publication including playing backyard cricket with his father, who rose to fame in the 1950s as an all-rounder.
‘Many times, although Dad, when he was playing Test cricket, he was away for seven months on tour,’ he told the WC.
‘My brother and I used to play in the backyard, and we used the same bats and ball and stumps that Dad brought home as memorabilia.
‘I remember us using one of the famous black stumps from one of the tied tests … my brother and I broke it in half and it was dispensed to the incinerator.
‘But when he was home, he loved playing in the backyard with us, he was a real family man, even being named NSW father of the year in the 1980s.’
Davidson, who was renowned for his potent ability to swing the ball both ways, died peacefully at age 92 in October 2021.
The home has been modernised over the years
Agents representing the sale told the publication that the home at ‘around the $3million’ price was highly ‘affordable’ for the suburb, which lies 15km west of the CBD
Davidson’s impressive career included 44 Tests between 1953-63. Pictured: The all-rounder seen in his 1960s heyday
His impressive career included 44 Tests between 1953-63.
He was widely regarded as the world’s best left-arm fast bowler until the emergence of Pakistan icon Wasim Akram.
Davidson snared 186 Test wickets at 20.53, and scored 1328 Test runs at 24.59.
Nicknamed ‘Claw’ by fellow all-rounder Keith Miller after an impressive slips catch, Davidson routinely impressed teammates and fans with his batting, bowling and fielding.
Davidson grew up on the NSW Central Coast, learning his craft on a homemade wicket on the family property, before shifting to Sydney and making his first-class debut in 1949-50.
The tied Test at the Gabba in 1960 between Australia and the West Indies, which Davidson played with a broken finger, proved the remarkable highlight of an unforgettable career.
Davidson finished with match figures of 11-222 and a combined tally of 124 runs, with a final-innings knock of 80 setting the stage for the most dramatic of finishes as the hosts rallied from 5-57 to finish all out for 232.
His old home will go to auction on January 30.