Edward Neville Greatorex (30 July 1901 – 16 July 1964) was a

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. Greatorex, a flanker, was born in Leichhardt and claimed a total of 8 international rugby caps for Australia. He played for the Y.M.C.A. Rugby Club in Sydney for over 10 years. E.N.Greatorex was married to the noted Australian poet and journalist

Elizabeth Riddell Elizabeth Riddell (21 March 1910 – 3 July 1998) was an Australian poet and journalist. Life Born in Napier, New Zealand, Elizabeth Richmond Riddell came to Australia in 1928 where she worked at ''Smith's Weekly'' and won a Walkley Award. She ...

. The couple married in Sydney in 1935. Ted Greatorex was a noted newspaper journalist at the Daily Mirror (Australia) and

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. He died from a massive stroke at his home in Vaucluse, New South Wales in 1964.Sydney Morning Herald. ''Death Notice. '' 18 July 1964

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