Bill Frindall

[B.Scott4England]

BBC SPORT | Cricket | Cricket mourns death of Frindall

TMS won't ever be the same.

RIP Bill. Best wishes to friends and family

 

[pskov]

Very sad news.

 

[The Sean]

RIP Bearders. An absolute institution.

 

[BoyBrumby]

My lord. Had no idea he was even ill. RIP. The master of his field.

Been awful week for deaths, actually: John Updike, John Martyn & now Bearders.

 

[fredfertang]

Another link to my childhood gone - very sad news

 

[Goughy]

69 is no age. Very sad. All the best to his family.

 

[Zinzan]

The ultimate cricketing trainspotter - RIP

 

[superkingdave]

RIP - TMS won't be the same.

Watching mastermind today they had a guy on who's specialist subject was the 1902 Ashes series. Frindall would have probably destroyed him. (They asked this guy a question about a mode of dismissal to which a number of batsmen were dismissed in a certain match and he said caught at the wicket, presenter said 'yes that's correct they were caught and bowled')

 

[PhoenixFire]

Really saddened by this news, I went to go and see himself and Marcus Berkmann at the Ilkley Literature Festival and he seemed like a really good, genuine guy who obviously was the best in his field.

RIP.

 

[Craig]

Rip.

 

[bagapath]

sad to hear this. my condolences to bill's family.

 

[aussie]

Damn, didn't even know he was ill. TMS as other have already rightfully said, wont be the same.

 

[Precambrian]

Oh my god. Was he ill for a long time? Because until recently that Ask Bearders column was alive and well...

Will miss him. What a gentle soul.

 

[Langeveldt]

RIP

AFAIK he was missing certain minor series's because of his illness?

Props to him for eradicating the "Super Series" from his statistics, seemed like a top bloke, and part of the greatest cricketing insitution in TMS bar none.

 

[TT Boy]

RIP.

Be strange listening to TMS without Bill, he was part of the furniture.

 

[Chemosit]

Very sad to see such a great innings cut short. Deserved a century. RIP

 

[chris.hinton]

TMS will never be the same

Great Man and will be sadly missed, what he did not know about Cricket was not worth knowing

R.I.P

 

[Swervy]

really shocked by this

I heard that he went overseas, came back about 10 days ago thinking he had the flu, and then it just got worse. Shocking

 

[grant28]

A great shame, he did cricket proud.

R.I.P Bill

 

[_Ed_]

Sad news.