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    Almost But Not Quite - The Story of Reg Simpson

    Almost But Not Quite - The Story of Reg Simpson In my first new feature for many months, I takes a look at the life and cricket career of Reg Simpson
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    Hugh Tayfield: The Elusive Genius

    Hugh Tayfield: The Elusive Genius Unfortunately Martin can’t tell the whole of Hugh Tayfield’s story, but here is as much as he can find
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    Sir Pelham Warner

    Sir Pelham Warner In this feature Martin looks back at the life and times of the man who was the original ‘Mr Cricket’
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    Majid Khan: The Prince of Wales

    Majid Khan: The Prince of Wales In this feature Martin looks back at the career of a man who put the ‘Glam’ in Glamorgan
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    Charles Townsend: A Forgotten Hero of the Golden Age

    Charles Townsend: A Forgotten Hero of the Golden Age In this feature Martin tells the story of Gloucestershire’s golden age all-rounder, Charles Townsend
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    AJ Evans: Kent, Hampshire, England and the Escaping Club

    AJ Evans: Kent, Hampshire, England and the Escaping Club AJ Evans is one of the many men to have won but a single Test cap for England – to mark the centenary of the match Martin pays tribute to a remarkable man
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    Pitting Don Bradman Against Leaders of Related Sports: An Investigation – Part 1

    Pitting Don Bradman Against Leaders of Related Sports: An Investigation – Part 1 Just how good was Donald Bradman? It is a much debated question and in this three part feature guest writer Peter Kettle gives us his take on it
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    The First Tied Test (Almost)

    The First Tied Test (Almost) In this feature Martin tells the story of a forgotten thriller from the long history of the Ashes
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    Remembering Mike Gatting

    Remembering Mike Gatting At a time when the current England batting line up could do with someone of his ilk, in this feature Martin looks back at the career of Mike Gatting
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    'Jock' Cameron's Story

    'Jock' Cameron's Story In this feature Martin looks at the life and times of a South African wicketkeeper batsman who was tragically cut down in his prime, 85 years ago
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    Paul Gibb - From Yorkshire Amateur to Essex Professional

    Paul Gibb - From Yorkshire Amateur to Essex Professional In this feature Martin tells the unusual story of Paul Gibb, a wicketkeeper batsman for England, Essex and Yorkshire who later became a First Class umpire
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    Johnny Won’t Hit Today

    Johnny Won't Hit Today In this feature Martin tells the story of Johnny Douglas, an old fashioned amateur who played the game harder than most professionals
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    Cyril Walters – A Lost Talent

    Cyril Walters – A Lost Talent His is a forgotten name today, but had Cyril Walters chosen cricket rather than the love of his life the history of English cricket in the late 1930s might read rather differently
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    Conrad Hunte

    Conrad Hunte Had he lived Conrad Hunte would be celebrating his 88th birthday today. In this feature Martin tells the story of his life and times
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    Vintcent Van Der Bij

    Vintcent Van Der Bijl Almost certainly the finest bowler never to have won a Test cap, in this feature Martin looks at the life and times of the South African fast medium bowler
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    Who wins the pre-1970 T20 World Cup?

    I'd suggest the 1950 West Indians Allan Rae and Jeff Stollmeyer not exactly dashers, but Everton Weekes, Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell were all top class and scored quickly Bowling wise Alf Valentine was a big spinner of the ball, and Sonny Ramadhin turned it both ways - Gerry Gomez and John...
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    Arthur, Frank and Harold

    Arthur, Frank and Harold In this feature Martin looks at the lives of the Gilligan brothers, mainly Ashes captain Arthur, but with a nod to Frank and Harold as well
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    Colin Croft - A Quick One From The Seventies

    Colin Croft - A Quick One From The Seventies In this feature Martin remembers Colin Croft, the sometimes overlooked member of the early West Indian pace quartets
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    A Tale of Two Defiant Kiwis

    A Tale of Two Defiant Kiwis The story of the Ellis Park Test between New Zealand and South Africa at Christmas 1953 is a well worn one, but it loses little in the retelling
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    The Greatest Southpaw?

    The Greatest Southpaw? In this feature, his first for a while, Martin looks at the life and times of Graeme Pollock

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