Scholarship to help blood cancer research

In honour of their friend and Tasmanian cricket legend Keith Bradshaw, the New Town District Cricket Club has recently formed the Keith Bradshaw Club for past and present players, officials and supporters. Membership fees and members’ donations contribute to the newly created ‘The Keith Bradshaw Club Scholarship in Genetics and Cancer’ at Menzies.

Keith represented Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield and was the first Australian to become Secretary of the world’s most prestigious cricket club, the Lord’s-based Marylebone Cricket Club.

Sadly, he passed away in 2021 after battling multiple myeloma, which is a cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow. The new three-year scholarship will focus on blood cancer research, relevant biology of multiple myeloma and related research areas. Recently, our Director, Professor Tracey Dickson, and Professor Jo Dickinson met with John Smith and Geoff Rowlands of the Keith Bradshaw Club.