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Will Moises Henriques be the first Portuguese-born Test cricketer?

Burgey tells me Dennis Compton also.

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Originally Posted by benchmark00 (Post 3018631)

Burgey tells me Dennis Compton also.

According to Cricinfo he was born in Middlesex.

I went to the Ask Steven page on Facebook and this guy was born in Portugal, Dick Westcott.

Dick Westcott | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

Nathan Nandos was raised in Lisbon.

Wasn't Basil D'Oliveria at least half Portugese?

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Wasn't Basil D'Oliveria at least half Portugese?

No, that was his wife, Connie Booth.

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Originally Posted by Monk (Post 3018649)

No, that was his wife, Connie Booth.

Sadly, turns out he's just a wannabe.

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Originally Posted by Monk (Post 3018649)

No, that was his wife, Connie Booth.

Fine looking woman in her youth

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Originally Posted by fredfertang (Post 3018655)

Fine looking woman in her youth

There's one episode of Fawlty Towers where.....

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Originally Posted by Quaggas (Post 3018654)

Sadly, turns out he's just a wannabe.

Ha! John Cleese has never given a ****. And it gets worse as he gets older.

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Originally Posted by Monk (Post 3018660)

There's one episode of Fawlty Towers where.....

....carry on

Oldie, but relevant. After 3 years as a journo the writing makes me cringe, but not bad for an amateur at the time:

Cricket Web - Features: O Jogo do Cricket em Portugal

They don't give a crap about offending people. They even poked fun at Graham Chapman at his funeral. Monty Python has always been about shocking people. Chapman would be rolling in his grave at this.