 and beckoning him over with his finger, to which the fast bowler took exception, though they later became good friends and the manager asked Fred to call him "Dukie".In Queensland Trueman was struck down by back pains, just as he had in 1958–59, when he missed the First and Second Tests.on this occasion a specialist said he had a broken bone in his back which required surgery and that he would never bowl again, which Trueman's father called "bloody daft".