The first Test all-rounder to reach the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets, George Giffen is the only Australian player to achieve the first-class milestone of 10,000 runs and 1000 wickets while playing predominantly in his home country. Possessing enormous stamina and an indomitable will he scored 475 runs and took 34 wickets in the 1894-95 Ashes series, an unparalleled feat at the highest level of the game. George Giffen was the first sportsman in the world to have a grandstand named after him at Adelaide Oval and his sporting greatness remains remarkable nearly 100 years after his death.