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Was he the hardest man ever to play the game?
Just been watching some old footage of Brian Close facing Andy Roberts (pre helmet days). He was hit numerous times, never flinched, just carried on playing with a small plaster on his elbow.
Was he the hardest man ever to play the game?
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Certainly very probably the player who made most of a show out of being a hardman.
RD
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He's certainly up there - as is Jardine in the "however hard you hit me I won't flinch" stakesOriginally Posted by The_roc
Bill Voce was a hard man too - he was Harold Larwood's minder when they went out drinking - I read somewhere that his party trick was tearing telephone directories in half
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Nnanden: Same, but that's because Andy OWNS MY SOUL
silentstriker: I'll start fishing for compliments when I can see all of my junk when I look down.
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Who was the bloke in the 19th century whose padless legs were black and blue after one innings and almost had to suffer an amputation as a result? Sounds pd hard to me.
Alfred Mynn
Thank you - that's the one.
The other Englishman in recent time who was supposed to be hard as nails was Peter Willey. Mind you, when you heard about Australians going swimming with crocodiles (Hayden?) or Saffers mixing it with armed muggers (Hall?) then we're a bunch of blouses in comparison.
Last edited by wpdavid; 07-03-2010 at 07:24 AM.
Justin langer was pretty tough, he has taken some heavy knocks but has always came back fighting.
You nick it, i'll catch it then i will send you the scorecard for the next year.
Steve Waugh
Heard the name before and have a book which talks about him among other cricketers. Will try to read up more online and in the book.
Also, would like to say you are one of the most knowledgeable posters on the forum.
Maybe not the hardest ever, but The Bank Clerk Who Went to War™ is deserving of a mention at least. Stood up to Lillian Thomson at her impressive best and won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year as a result.
Hard to go past Close tho; fella was clearly borderline pathological from some of the stories related in fred's recent trilogy on the great man.
- As featured in The Independent.
"This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers."
- Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads
link to the trilogy?
Enjoy.
Thanks mate. I do read the cricket books section regularly but I should be reading more of the main site. The quality is usually excellent. I don't feel sleepy and will wake the night out and am waiting for the Oscars to start in a few hours. This should be delicious reading.
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