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Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by PeterCS on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 06:26

Is it Henry Blohard?


The right age, at least.



Nominations please.

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by Allan D on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 06:33

Neville Cardus, I would have thought, though like Dickens no longer with us.

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by taipan on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 06:57

PeterCS wrote:Is it Henry Blohard?


The right age, at least.



Nominations please.


Before I opened this thread this was the name that came to mind. Let's face it, Dickens was a boring fecker.

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by Brass Monkey on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 07:26

Is this like a metaphorical metaphysical philosophical question? If yes, then Paul Collingwood. If no, Laddy Outschoorn.

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by Henry on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 08:14

India?

"You've got to pick a pocket or two"

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by tac on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 12:04

Pakistan . . .or AD . . . both like their players young

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by Allan D on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 12:47

Tac - FB's very own Uriah Heep, except not so 'umble.

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by Allan D on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 12:53

Dickens' own description of an early FBer:

The stranger, meanwhile, had been eating, drinking, and
talking, without cessation. At every good stroke he expressed his
satisfaction and approval of the player in a most condescending
and patronising manner, which could not fail to have been
highly gratifying to the party concerned; while at every bad
attempt at a catch, and every failure to stop the ball, he launched
his personal displeasure at the head of the devoted individual in
such denunciations as--'Ah, ah!--stupid'--'Now, butter-
fingers'--'Muff'--'Humbug'--and so forth--ejaculations which
seemed to establish him in the opinion of all around, as a most
excellent and undeniable judge of the whole art and mystery of
the noble game of cricket.


The Pickwick Papers Chap.7., C.Dickens.

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by JGK on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 13:44

IPL players:

"Please sir, I want some more".

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by skully on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 13:47

Kiran?

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by Red on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 15:51

taipan wrote:
PeterCS wrote:Is it Henry Blohard?


The right age, at least.



Nominations please.


Before I opened this thread this was the name that came to mind. Let's face it, Dickens was a boring fecker.


He created the most wonderful characters and he took mistresses. He turned 200 yesterday I think. Smile

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by embee on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 16:23

Nice Sail of Two Titties , Red

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by WideWally on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 17:13

Great Expectations (a novel about the English cricket media prior to the 1989 Ashes)




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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by JGK on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 17:41

Mark Nicholas Nickleby?

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Re: Who is cricket's answer to Dickens?

Post by JGK on Tue 07 Feb 2012, 17:42

embee wrote:Nice Sail of Two Titties , Red


Outstanding work.

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