A close friend, worried about my age (78) and state of health, recently observed that my collection of ‘ologists’—cardiologist, neurologist, dermatologist, urologist, oncologist, gastroenterologist and nephrologist—was approaching my Test batting average of 10. He feared I might not have time to write my autobiography. His solution was to create a Reflections website and dump some of my writings in it.
So here it is.

These pages bring together recollections, letters and commentary drawn from my involvement in cricket, my work behind the scenes in sport, and my longstanding interest in the media and public life. They range from World Series Cricket and the people I knew to the Essendon AFL drugs saga, which I have spent many years investigating.

Some pieces are personal. Others challenge things written or said about people and events I know well, or matters I have researched in detail. Where I believe the record is wrong, I explain why.

You won’t have to read very far to discover that I have strong opinions. You don’t have to agree with them. I ask only that you consider the material and make up your own mind.

Bruce Francis