Cricket People: Brian Close (5 articles)
From Len to Ray – A brief guide to the Flagstaff Cricket Annual
Posted: 16th February 2016
From Len to Ray. Len Hutton and Ray Illingworth. The England captaincies of  these two Yorkshiremen, one from the 1950’s and one from the 1960’s topped and tailed the life…
Category: Cricket Annuals
300 Test wickets and just a handshake – A look back at the 1964 English cricket season
Posted: 12th August 2014
Fred Trueman and 1964. That summer was a significant time for the Yorkshire fast bowler as towards its’ end, he took his 300th wicket in Test cricket. Fred was the…
Category: Cricket - Editorial
Barrington, Burki and Boycott – The Cricketer Magazine Winter Annual reviews the 1967 domestic cricket season
Posted: 27th October 2013
Barrington, Burki and Boycott. Ken, Javed and Geoffrey. There they were, along with Bishan Bedi, Keith Boyce and many others. Caught in time within the pages of the 1967/8 Winter Annual…
Category: Cricket Magazines
The essential county cricket watcher’s companion – A brief guide to The Playfair Cricket Annual
Posted: 27th May 2013
Another birthday, another cricket gift. My first memory of the Playfair Cricket annual was one I was given for my birthday which fell perfectly for cricket gift giving at the…
Category: Cricket Annuals
Blank, part printed or completed in ink? – A brief guide to cricket programmes – Part 2: Scorecards
Posted: 20th November 2012
It was part of the ritual. After you’d clicked through the turnstile at a place like Lord’s where I watched my very first day of live County cricket in 1964…
Category: Cricket Programmes
