| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 12:18 - Sep 6 with 1755 views | PJH |
Brilliant!
I loved John Arlott, his voice was made for cricket- or cricket was made for his voice.
I have several cricket books written by him as well as one written about him and E. W. Swanton. |  | |  |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 12:24 - Sep 6 with 1726 views | Keno |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 12:18 - Sep 6 by PJH |
Brilliant!
I loved John Arlott, his voice was made for cricket- or cricket was made for his voice.
I have several cricket books written by him as well as one written about him and E. W. Swanton. |
he was just magnificent wasnt he, such a wonderful way with words
I still choke up listening to that final test commentary of his |  |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 12:27 - Sep 6 with 1715 views | Ftnfwest |
Used to always watch the John Player League games on a sunday which had Arlott and Laker sharing commentary, great days |  | | |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 13:42 - Sep 6 with 1653 views | solemio |
Wonderful - unsurprisingly.
At times his commentaries were almost poetic, but not at the expense of keeping you up to date with what was going on. |  | | |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 14:07 - Sep 6 with 1594 views | BasingstokeBlue |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 12:24 - Sep 6 by Keno |
he was just magnificent wasnt he, such a wonderful way with words
I still choke up listening to that final test commentary of his |
I frequently walk past his erstwhile home and his voice just pops into my head every time.
It's an idyllic place, too...
https://goo.gl/maps/QZyWjTg7swA5XPgv7 |  |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 14:16 - Sep 6 with 1565 views | Steve_M |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 12:18 - Sep 6 by PJH |
Brilliant!
I loved John Arlott, his voice was made for cricket- or cricket was made for his voice.
I have several cricket books written by him as well as one written about him and E. W. Swanton. |
That last one is it the Kynaston one? In which case it is presumably well worth reading.
Arlott was before my time but clearly a great broadcaster, so much better than the upper-class tediousness of Johnners and Blowers. |  |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 14:30 - Sep 6 with 1540 views | Keno |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 14:16 - Sep 6 by Steve_M |
That last one is it the Kynaston one? In which case it is presumably well worth reading.
Arlott was before my time but clearly a great broadcaster, so much better than the upper-class tediousness of Johnners and Blowers. |
he also refused to broadcast matches from the England tout of S Africa as his own priest against Apartheid | |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 14:41 - Sep 6 with 1510 views | mylittletown |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 14:30 - Sep 6 by Keno |
he also refused to broadcast matches from the England tout of S Africa as his own priest against Apartheid |
If you can find a copy of Gone With the Cricketers by Arlott, snap it up.
It was his very good book on the 1948/49 England tour of South Africa, and contains his first thoughts, very prescient, on the horrible inhuman politics of the National Party as they codified apartheid.
(The first apartheid law was the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949) |  | | |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 15:17 - Sep 6 with 1464 views | PJH |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 14:41 - Sep 6 by mylittletown |
If you can find a copy of Gone With the Cricketers by Arlott, snap it up.
It was his very good book on the 1948/49 England tour of South Africa, and contains his first thoughts, very prescient, on the horrible inhuman politics of the National Party as they codified apartheid.
(The first apartheid law was the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949) |
Just had a count up and I have 10 books on cricket tours written by John Arlott (including the one you mention) covering the period 1946 to 1972. | | | |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 15:24 - Sep 6 with 1459 views | blueislander |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 15:17 - Sep 6 by PJH |
Just had a count up and I have 10 books on cricket tours written by John Arlott (including the one you mention) covering the period 1946 to 1972. |
He lived in Alderney. A close friend of mine was his accountant. The lunches they had were apparently folkloric. His wine cellar was enormous. Don’t know what happened to it when he died. In the 70s and on to the the early 80s The Guardian had by far the best two sports journalists in Arlott and Frank Keating. [Post edited 6 Sep 2022 15:56]
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 15:48 - Sep 6 with 1438 views | Radlett_blue |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 14:30 - Sep 6 by Keno |
he also refused to broadcast matches from the England tout of S Africa as his own priest against Apartheid |
John Arlott was covering England's tour of South Africa in 1948-49 & he was filling in his leaving form. Arlott left the section marked "Race" blank. The immigration officer asked him "what race are you"?
"human" Arlott replied.
"Get out" replied the officer, through gritted teeth.
Arlott was also a vehement opponent of the ill fated 1970 Springbok Tour to England & had already said that he would refuse to commentate on it. |  |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 16:15 - Sep 6 with 1383 views | PJH |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 15:48 - Sep 6 by Radlett_blue |
John Arlott was covering England's tour of South Africa in 1948-49 & he was filling in his leaving form. Arlott left the section marked "Race" blank. The immigration officer asked him "what race are you"?
"human" Arlott replied.
"Get out" replied the officer, through gritted teeth.
Arlott was also a vehement opponent of the ill fated 1970 Springbok Tour to England & had already said that he would refuse to commentate on it. |
Also he was involved in getting Basil D'Oliveira over here and into English cricket. | | | |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 17:15 - Sep 6 with 1299 views | ElephantintheRoom |
He was also to be found in the Portman Road press box waxing lyrical about Town on their way to the league championship. As I seem to remember was Clement Freud. You got a better class of hack in those days | |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 17:29 - Sep 6 with 1271 views | Radlett_blue |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 17:15 - Sep 6 by ElephantintheRoom |
He was also to be found in the Portman Road press box waxing lyrical about Town on their way to the league championship. As I seem to remember was Clement Freud. You got a better class of hack in those days |
Hmm..Clement Freud? You sure about that? | |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 17:33 - Sep 6 with 1256 views | mylittletown |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 17:29 - Sep 6 by Radlett_blue |
Hmm..Clement Freud? You sure about that? |
Clement Freud began his journalistic career as a match reporter for the Observer in the late 1950s, so it is entirely likely that he would have been at Portman Road. | | | |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 17:37 - Sep 6 with 1240 views | ElephantintheRoom |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 17:29 - Sep 6 by Radlett_blue |
Hmm..Clement Freud? You sure about that? |
Very. He was a talented sports journalist before he started flogging dog food | |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 18:01 - Sep 6 with 1188 views | Radlett_blue |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 17:37 - Sep 6 by ElephantintheRoom |
Very. He was a talented sports journalist before he started flogging dog food |
Agreed Freud was a very talented journalist, but Jimmy Savile was also a half decent disc jockey. | |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 18:02 - Sep 6 with 1189 views | factual_blue |
Although sadly dead, John Arlott should be Prime Minister. In his current state he'd be more effective than Miss Pork Markets 2011. |  |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 18:15 - Sep 6 with 1156 views | solemio |
He also had a very pleasant home in the lovely Hampshire village/town of Alresford, also in Hants. A good place if you like steam railways too. | | | |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 18:18 - Sep 6 with 1149 views | Radlett_blue |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 18:15 - Sep 6 by solemio |
He also had a very pleasant home in the lovely Hampshire village/town of Alresford, also in Hants. A good place if you like steam railways too. |
Ah yes, the terminus of the "Watercress line". Took the kids on it a couple of times when we used to live in Hampshire in the mid 1990s. | |
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| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 18:22 - Sep 6 with 1142 views | solemio |
| John Arlott - Sorry this is random but on 18:18 - Sep 6 by Radlett_blue |
Ah yes, the terminus of the "Watercress line". Took the kids on it a couple of times when we used to live in Hampshire in the mid 1990s. |
Yes, I've got a friend who is a volunteer worker on the Watercress, so was lucky enough to get a short footplate trip.
It was only after my first trip on that line that I realised what a scenic county Hampshire is. | | | |
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