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Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE (born 7 August 1948) is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket (WSC) organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1984.〔Cashman, Richard (editor – 1996): ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-553575-8. pp 101–2.〕 The second of three brothers to play Test cricket, Chappell was the pre-eminent Australian batsman of his time who allied elegant stroke making to fierce concentration. An exceptional all round player who bowled medium pace and, at his retirement, held the world record for the most catches in Test cricket,〔Cashman (1996), pp 102.〕 Chappell's career straddled two eras as the game moved toward a greater level of professionalism after the WSC schism.〔Haigh, Gideon (1993): ''The Cricket War – the Inside Story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket'', The Text Publishing Company. ISBN 1-86372-027-8. p 308.〕 Since his retirement as a player in 1984, Chappell has pursued various business and media interests as well as maintaining connections to professional cricket; he has been a selector for national and Queensland teams, a member of the Australian Cricket Board, and a coach. He was appointed coach of the India national cricket team on a 2-year contract in 2005. However, a series of controversies and personality clashes, combined with India's poor performance at the 2007 Cricket World Cup led to his resignation from the position on 4 April 2007. Chappell has served as an academy coach for the Rajasthan Royals, and was hired as the All Stars Coach for the 2008 Twenty20 match against Australia. He also serves as the executive coach for a series of Cricket Summer Camps in the United States as part of Chappell Way. == Family and early career == Born in Unley, South Australia, Chappell was the second of three sons born in Adelaide to Martin and Jeanne (née Richardson), a Cornish Australian family.〔''Wisden Cricketeres Alamanac 1973'', accessed at: http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/154520.html〕 He was steeped in the game from a very early age: his father Martin was a noted grade cricketer in Adelaide who put a bat in his hands as soon as he could walk, while his maternal grandfather was the famous all-round sportsman Victor Richardson, who captained Australia at the end of a nineteen-Test career.〔Cashman (1996), pp 448–9.〕 Elder brother Ian and younger brother Trevor also played for Australia, and Greg closely followed in Ian's footsteps to the top. Given weekly lessons by coach Lynn Fuller,〔Chappell, Ian (1976): ''Chappelli'', Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-130170-X. pp. 30–32〕 the brothers fought out fierce backyard cricket matches, with no holds barred. The fraternal relationship between Ian and Greg became legendary in Australian cricketing history for volatile verbal slanging matches, even during hard fought Test matches, which had their genesis in the family back yard.〔Chappell (1976), pp 26–7.〕 Chappell attended St Leonards primary school, where he played his first competitive match at the age of eight;〔McGregor, Adrian (1985):''Greg Chappell'', Collins. ISBN 0-00-217485-5. p12〕 he also played a lot of baseball. Quite small for his age, Chappell developed a technique for dealing with the high bouncing ball by playing most of his shots to the leg side.〔McGregor (1985), pp 13–14.〕 Aged twelve, he hit his first centuries and was selected for the South Australian state schools team. He was then enrolled at Plympton high school for two years before following brother Ian and attending Prince Alfred College (PAC) on a scholarship. In the summer of 1964–65, Chappell suddenly grew ten centimetres in seven weeks and within twelve months had shot up to 189cms. With this greater physical presence, Chappell was able to dominate schoolboy matches in his final school year of 1965. PAC's coach Chester Bennett (a former first-class player) wrote at this point: "Possibly the finest all-round schoolboy cricketer in my experience...he could go far in the game." The Chappell brothers played grade cricket for Glenelg and they batted together for the first time in a semi final against Port Adelaide in early 1966. Later that year, Ian was chosen for the Test tour to South Africa, which opened up a place in the South Australian team. Greg seized the opportunity by scoring 101 *, 102 * and 88 for his club, then made his first-class debut against Victoria at Adelaide Oval, aged 18.〔McGregor (1985), p 33.〕 Hampered by a throat infection, Chappell still managed 53 and 62 * to earn an extended trial in the team. The remainder of the season brought another 386 runs in 14 innings, including a maiden century against Queensland.〔McGregor (1985), p 36.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greg Chappell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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