Comments on: Till the Cowdreys come home

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:53:17 +0000

Oops sorry

By: Jonathan Calder

Jonathan Calder — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:20:59 +0000

It was and you have just stolen my next posting.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:07:43 +0000

Is that the tour when Gower said to Cowdrey “would you like Gatting any wider at slip?” to which Cowdrey replied: “Any wider and he’d burst”?

By: Jonathan Calder

Jonathan Calder — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:38:34 +0000

Make that the 1984/5 to India.

By: Jonathan Calder

Jonathan Calder — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:07:07 +0000

DC: He went to India in 1985/6.

England’s new captain David Gower hit upon the novel idea of selecting our best two spinners for the tour. He was told that Pocock was too old and Edmonds was too awkward, but he won that battle and we won the series.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:30:11 +0000

This is just embarrasing.

By: Chris Weston

Chris Weston — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:34:26 +0000

Yes, Percy Pocock. I thought it was, but had to check.

By: Ashes Ernie

Ashes Ernie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:08:26 +0000

Pat Pocock. Did Pocock not go about 12 years in Test cricket without scoring a run?

By: Jonathan Calder

Jonathan Calder — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:50:28 +0000

Pat Pocock it is.

By: Brian Carpenter

Brian Carpenter — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:21:01 +0000

Pat Pocock.

By: DC

DC — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:35:15 +0000

That will be Pat Pocock. Must say, though I was enthusiastically following cricket at the time, I missed his 1980s recall – there must have been an injury crisis?

Sadly,you don’t have to be that clever to get this: Cricinfo is a great help, though some prior knowledge certainly saves time!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:55:06 +0000

Brian Close? I know he played for a helluva long time.

By: backwatersman

backwatersman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:06:12 +0000

And I’ll say it again … sorry – thought my first attempt hadn’t registered.

By: backwatersman

backwatersman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:03:56 +0000

Percy Pocock

By: Backwatersman

Backwatersman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:52:13 +0000

Percy Pocock?

By: Paul Linford

Paul Linford — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:32:38 +0000

I think that would have to be Pat Pocock.