Rushing to Kingston Oval and setting up behind the batsman, Canberra Times photographer Peter Wells took the picture of the year

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Updated May 10 2021 - 5:24pm, first published 1:20pm
Peter Wells' 1984 national award-winning photograph of Bob Hawke being hit in the head during a "friendly" cricket match at Kingston Oval. Picture: Peter Wells
Peter Wells' 1984 national award-winning photograph of Bob Hawke being hit in the head during a "friendly" cricket match at Kingston Oval. Picture: Peter Wells

The man who famously captured former PM Bob Hawke copping a cricket ball belter to the head, award-winning Canberra Times photographer Peter Wells, has died aged 79.

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Peter Brewer

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