A generation before Sir Richard Hadlee began the greatest career in New Zealand cricket, his father captained the side which first put the country on the cricketing map.
Walter Hadlee led the side now known as the Forty-Niners on the successful 1949 tour of England.
And the meticulous notes he kept on that tour formed the basis for The Skipper's Diary - a book compiled by Sir Richard, who was in Whanganui on Wednesday for the local launch of the book at Victoria Park.
"This team was under pressure to perform because had they not performed then New Zealand Cricket potentially was going to be in limbo," Sir Richard told the Chronicle.
Previous tours had lost money but this one earned 17,000 pounds, which equates to about $1million today, and allowed New Zealand Cricket to create a touring fund.