Background
Price was born in London in 1922, with his family emigrating to Australia a few years later, settling in Margaret River, Western Australia.
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Price was born in London in 1922, with his family emigrating to Australia a few years later, settling in Margaret River, Western Australia.
Price, who usually opening the bowling, was a left-arm fast-medium bowler and one of Western Australia"s best from the 1950s. He was at his peak in the 1950/51 Sheffield Shield season, when he took 24 wickets at 18.41, which was twice as many as the state"s next best Charlie Puckett and equal fifth most by any bowler that summer. He took 5 for 68 in the first innings, with the fifth wicket coming from a hit wicket.
Earlier in the innings, off his first three overs of the match, Price had three catches dropped off his bowling.
Chasing 229 for victory, Queensland were well placed at 5-154, albeit with only 80 minutes remaining on the final day. After taking the new ball, Price dismissed all-rounder Colin McCool and wicket-keeper Ernest Toovey off successive deliveries.
Queensland batsman Lawrence Chapman survived the hattrick but was trapped leg before wicket the very next ball to give Price a third wicket in the space of four balls. lieutenant had been just his third first-class match for Western Australia and was the performance that secured a spot his spot in the team
Some of his best performances came against touring international teams.
In 1951/52 took seven wickets in a first-class match against the West Indies, with three in the first innings and four in the second. The following season he opened the bowling against South Africa and returned match figures of 6 for 94. He was also a Western Australian state representative as an Australian rules football player, which he played for Claremont in the West Australian National Football League.
A defender, he featured in both of Western Australia"s 1949 wins over South Australia, from the back pocket.
His early cricket career had been interrupted by World World War II, during which time he served as a corporal on the island of Morotai in the Dutch East Indies.