For Many Australians The Sound Of McGilvray's Voice On ABC Radio Has Been Synonymous For Decades With The Start Of The Cricket Season And The Australian Summer.
For those who started listening to cricket broadcasts on ABC radio in Australia after the World War II and in the forty years that followed, Alan McGilvray was the voice of summer. All those who have claimed the title since - Richie Benaud and Jim Maxwell among them - have been standard bearers for the standard he originally set.