Cricketers’ Who’s Who from 1981 – surprisingly entertaining

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In between catching up on last night’s events at the MCG, I have spent today reading my newly acquired copy of the 1981 Cricketers’ Who’s Who. You may be surprised to hear that reading the book is almost as entertaining as listening to the Aussies getting walloped.

Here are some of the highlights so far:

Is it just me, or does Yorkshire’s John Whiteley look exactly like Andrew Flintoff after his Mum has given him a side parting?

Mark Nicholas (or should that be Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas?) whose ‘relaxations’ include ‘drama and the theatre’. He has apparently ‘directed four plays, including Ayckbourn’s “Absurd Person Singular”.’

And Fred Titmus, still playing for Middlesex at the age of 49. ‘It is all about attitude of mind’ he says.