 While the brothers played together for Fitzroy on a regular basis , they only played first @-@ class cricket together occasionally , mainly due to a lack of form and differences in age . Merv debuted for Victoria before the war , and Neil joined him in 1946 @-@ 47 . Ray followed in subsequent season , and the trio played in two matches together for their state . However , there were no occasions after this when more than two played together in the same match and such occurrences became more sporadic after this as Merv was dropped , while Neil was often away playing for Australia . Mick made his debut in 1948 @-@ 49 , but left Victoria at the end of the season after being unable to hold his position in the team , while Ray often struggled to gain regular selection except when Neil and the other Test players were representing Australia . Ray had a strong end to the 1952 @-@ 53 season and was selected for all the matches in the following two seasons alongside Neil , but was then dropped . 
