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Fred Trueman
Obituary of cricketer Frederick Sewards Trueman, a fiery Yorkshire and England fast bowler with a caustic wit and colourful style. He died on 1 July 2006, aged 75. (Author abstract - amended)
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On this day: March 21 1968: Colin Cowdrey, the quiet perfectionist
Much credit will go to Colin Cowdrey for the brightness his team's performance brought to a Britain which was not exactly jingling its coins in its pockets. It is fair that he should take the praise for he bore harsh, and not entirely objective, criticism when he was appointed captain of the team for the West Indies. As a batsman he was a prodigy: at 13 years old, the youngest player to appear in a public schools match at Lords, he scored 75 (out of 156) and 44 (out of 175) for Tonbridge and then, in the second innings of Clifton, took five wickets with leg-breaks to win the match by two runs. There has been no more completely gifted batsman since Hammond. As a captain, he proved a slow developer.
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Colin Cowdrey, the quiet perfectionist
Much credit will go to Colin Cowdrey for the brightness his team's performance brought to a Britain which was not exactly jingling its coins in its pockets. It is fair that he should take the praise for he bore harsh, and not entirely objective, criticism when he was appointed captain of the team for...
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Why I'm off the air
I shall not broadcast on the matches of the South African cricket tour of England arranged for 1970. The B.B.C. has accepted my decision with understanding and an undertaking that my standing with them will not be affected.
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On this day: April 17 1970: Why I'm off the air
Jack Plimsoll, the manager of this touring team, was an intimate friend of mine on the South African tour of England in 1947, before the election of the first - Malan - Nationalist Government and the introduction of apartheid. Every South African [player] of my acquaintance has already played with, and against, non-white cricketers. Only a multi-racial match before the Vorster (Verwoerd) Government banned such fixtures for ever, provided the expert assessment of Basil D'Oliveira's ability which enabled me to persuade Middleton to give him a contract to play in England. Not all South Africans are pro-apartheid
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Fred Trueman
Fred Trueman, the Yorkshire and England fast bowler, who has died of lung cancer aged 75, was a legend in his own youth, establishing himself in the public imagination in his first Test match at the age of 21. His career, though colourful, was not uniformly successful. Over 13 years...
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