He only made the trip after a 3–2 majority vote by a medical panel,[4] despite being one of the first players chosen by the selectors on cricketing merit. Two Melbourne doctors ruled him unfit, but three specialists from his home state of New South Wales presented a more optimistic outlook; this allowed him to tour.[5] As a member of Bradman's Invincibles, the tour was to immortalise him in cricketing history.