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Bill Frindall’s autobiography

By Will 4 years ago, at the start of June Add your comment below

Bearders: My Life In Cricket
I’m reviewing Bill Frindall’s autobiography – Bearders: My Life In Cricket – which, I’ll be perfectly honest, hasn’t filled me with wonder and awe. However, in the dozen or so pages I flicked through last night (he has chapters on most of his colleagues over the years: John Arlott, Jonathan Agnew, Vic Marks, Brian Johnston – all that lot) it could be quite entertaining. I’m just a bit worried that the statistical stuff might get in the way.

We’ll see. He’s the editor of the long-running (and firm favourite of mine) Playfair Cricket Annual, and has been Test Match Special’s scorer seemingly for ever.

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2 Responses to “Bill Frindall’s autobiography”

  • Wraye wrote:
    June 7th, 2006 at 11.17 am

    Just to add my tuppence to the pot, I enjoyed the book and had a great laugh. Only 1 chapter on the scoring system, and there aren’t that many stats in there to spoil the flow.

    Considering it was released on June 2nd, I was most amused to see that Amazon are already offering “used” copies for sale! But perhaps Bill is not.

  • clarky wrote:
    June 7th, 2006 at 8.03 pm

    I may keep a look out for this. Frindall has always come across as a pompous know-it-all on TMS and it’ll be interesting to see if he comes across the same in print.

    I’ve always loved TMS, but, despite obviously being gifted with the adding up and the coloured pens, Frindall has never added anything to the programme for me.

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