Tony Munro

Did You Know?

• His brother Scott said there was a synergy between Munro's dwarfism and his coverage of smaller cricket nations.
• He attended Wagga Wagga High School.

Career

Tony Munro spent the 1980s as a journalist at The Daily Advertiser, covering sports like cricket and basketball. He later became ESPNcricinfo's Beyond The Test World correspondent from 1999 to 2010, filing reports on Associate and Affiliate teams, including those from the Falkland Islands and Nauru. From the mid-2000s until 2011, he edited the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, which by 2007 had featured 107 countries. Munro also edited the Short Statured People of Australia journal and previously worked for Open Rugby magazine.

Death

Munro died of a stroke at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney on 23 April 2016, having been admitted on 15 April. He had suffered a prior stroke in 2008. His funeral was held on 27 April in Macquarie Park, New South Wales. Michael McCormack, Australian House of Representatives member for Riverina, said Munro gave non-Test-playing countries a voice. The Short Statured People of Australia journal noted his quick wit and humor. Cricket Canada called him a phenomenal supporter of Associate cricket. He was survived by his mother, brother, two sisters, two nieces and five nephews.