The shortest on record so far is Jim Mitchell, who played for Melbourne in 1945. He was 160 cm tall. Towering over him are: Percy Beames – 165 cm Also a talented cricketer, Beames went on to become a ...

The height of pea plants is controlled by a single gene which has two alleles: tall and short. The tall allele is dominant and is shown as T. The small allele is recessive and is shown as t.