Question: Who was Australia's first cricketer of significance and who The Call is based on?

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Bob Berry (cricketer): Robert Berry (29 January 1926 – 2 December 2006) was an English cricketer.  He played in two Tests in 1950.  He played county cricket for Lancashire from 1948 to 1954, for Worcestershire from 1955 to 1958, and for Derbyshire from 1959 to 1962.  He was the first cricketer to be capped by three different counties.

The Call (Martin Flanagan novel): The Call is a historical novel by Australian writer Martin Flanagan.  It was first published by Allen & Unwin in 1998.  It is a semi-fictional account of the life of cricketer and Australian rules football founder Tom Wills.

Kagiso Rabada: Kagiso Rabada (born 25 May 1995) is a South African international cricketer.  Rabada, who is known by the nickname KG, is a fast bowler and plays domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions.  He made his South African debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket before going on to make his Test debut in November 2015.  Rabada attended St Stithians Boys College, leaving the school in 2013.  In July 2016, Rabada became the first cricketer to win six awards at Cricket South Africa's annual dinner, including the prize for Cricketer of the Year.

Richard Wardill: Richard Wilson Wardill (3 November 1840 – 17 August 1873) was an Australian cricketer who played in ten first-class cricket matches, eight of which were for Victoria.  He is noted as the first cricketer to score a century in Australian first-class cricket.  Wardill was also an influential player and administrator in the early years of Australian rules football.  On Boxing Day 1866 he captained the Melbourne Cricket Club against the Western District Aboriginal cricket team, led by Tom Wills.

Allan Jones (cricketer): Allan Arthur Jones (born 9 December 1947 in Horley, Surrey) is an English cricket umpire and a retired cricketer.  When he joined Glamorgan in 1980 he became the first cricketer to represent four English first-class counties.

Tom Wills: Thomas Wentworth Wills (19 August 1835 – 2 May 1880) was a sportsman who is credited with being Australia's first cricketer of significance and a founder of Australian rules football.  Born in the British colony of New South Wales to a wealthy family descended from convicts, Wills grew up in the bush on properties owned by his father, the pastoralist and politician Horatio Wills, in what is now the Australian state of Victoria.  He befriended local Aborigines, learning their language and customs.  At the age of 14, Wills was sent to England to attend Rugby School, where he became captain of its cricket team, and played an early version of rugby football.  After Rugby, Wills represented the Cambridge University Cricket Club in the annual match against Oxford, and played at first-class level for Kent and the Marylebone Cricket Club.  An athletic all-rounder with exceptional bowling skills, he was regarded as one of the finest young cricketers in England.

Martin Guptill: Martin James Guptill (born 30 September 1986), or Martin Guptill, is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays as the opening batsman in all formats of the game.  Considered as one of the finest cricketers to ever play for New Zealand, Guptill is the first cricketer from New Zealand and the fifth overall to score a double century in a One Day International match.

Parvez Rasool: Parveez Rasool Zargar (born 13 February 1989) is an Indian cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for Jammu and Kashmir.  A right-hand batsman and offbreak bowler, Rasool is the captain of the Jammu and Kashmir team and a regular member of India A.  He was bought for () by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2014 IPL auction.  Rasool was the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to have played in the IPL.

Colin Cowdrey: Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, (24 December 19324 December 2000) played for Oxford University Cricket Club (1952–54), Kent County Cricket Club (1950–76) and the England cricket team (1954–75).  Better known as Colin Cowdrey, he "delighted crowds throughout the world with his style and elegance", and was the first cricketer to play 100 Test matches, celebrating the occasion with 104 against Australia in 1968.  In all he played 114 Tests, making 7,624 runs at an average of 44.06, overtaking Wally Hammond as the most prolific Test batsman, and taking 120 catches as a fielder, breaking another Hammond record.  Cowdrey made 22 Test centuries (an England record until 2013) and was the first batsman to make centuries against the six other Test playing countries of his era; Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, New Zealand, India and Pakistan, making hundreds against them all both home and away.  He toured Australia six times in 1954–55, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1965–66, 1970–71 and 1974–75, equalling Colin Blythe's record, and in his last Test fans hung out a banner 'M.C.G. FANS THANK COLIN – 6 TOURS'.

Simon O'Donnell: Simon Patrick O'Donnell (born 26 January 1963) is a former Australian cricketer, VFL footballer, and horse racing and cricket commentator.  He is currently a horse breeder.  He is a former record holder for the fastest ODI fifty, who was first cricketer to score fifty less than 20 balls in ODI history.

Supporting paragraphs: The Call (Martin Flanagan novel) Tom Wills
Answer: Tom Wills