Don’t know what happened to it: Greg Chappell’s Baggy Green goes missing

Australian cricket legend Greg Chappell has revealed that his cherished Baggy Green, the iconic cap worn during his illustrious Test career, has mysteriously gone missing. Speaking on the Cricket Et Al podcast, the 76-year-old former captain said the cap had vanished from storage but stopped short of suggesting it had been stolen.
Chappell, who is regarded as one of Australia’s greatest-ever cricketers, explained that he put his Baggy Green into storage about ten years ago. It wasn’t until a recent move to Adelaide that he discovered the cap was missing.
“We had stuff in storage for about 10 years or so, and when we moved back to Adelaide we brought everything out of storage and I was expecting to find that Baggy Green cap, but it didn’t appear,” Chappell said in conversation with journalists Peter Lalor and Gideon Haigh. “I don’t know what happened to it. I wouldn’t like to cast aspersions, but it went into storage, and it doesn’t seem to have come out.”
Chappell, who doesn’t typically keep his cricket memorabilia on display, expressed mild disappointment over the disappearance. While he admitted that he isn’t one to surround himself with sentimental mementos from his career, the loss of the Baggy Green still stings.
“I’m a little bit disappointed,” he said.
Interestingly, Chappell had multiple Baggy Greens throughout his career, and one he gifted to England’s Geoffrey Boycott sold for $15,000 at an auction four years ago. However, the particular Baggy Green Chappell kept for himself is now the one missing.
Greg Chappell, who played 87 Test matches for Australia during the 1970s and ’80s, is widely regarded as one of the country’s finest batsmen. He scored 24 centuries during his career and was a key figure in Australia’s cricketing history, along with his brothers Ian and Trevor. The Chappell brothers’ influence on Australian cricket is legendary.
Alongside fast bowler Dennis Lillee and wicketkeeper Rod Marsh, Chappell was part of an iconic trio that defected to Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket in the late 1970s. The series revolutionized cricket but was also marked by tension between players and the cricket establishment.
Despite his glittering career, Chappell, unlike some of his peers, did not receive a fundraising testimonial at the end of his playing days, which could have helped him financially. In recent years, he has faced financial hardship, and a GoFundMe campaign last year raised over $100,000