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Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/21
Date:
2011
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 25 minutes 56 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 5 tracks.

Track 1: [0:55-1:47] Fellowes talks about his early interest in cricket, [1:47-5:55] Fellowes talks about playing cricket for Eton and for Norfolk in the Minor Counties Championship.

Track 2: [0:00-0:40] Fellowes talks about having a twitch whilst bowling and the ball failing to leave his arm, [0:40-2:00] Fellowes talks about playing at Arundel and Highclere and playing for the Royal Household Cricket Club, [2:00-3:00] Fellowes talks about members of the Royal Family's interest in cricket including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, [3:00-4:03] Fellowes talks about his decision to stop playing cricket in 1996 and become an umpire.

Track 3: [0:00-2:40] Fellowes talks about playing country house cricket, [2:40-5:59] Fellowes talks about the current state of international cricket and the rise of Twenty20 cricket, and his thoughts on improving one day cricket.

Track 4: [0:00-1:50] Fellowes talks about increasing the number of overs in one day cricket and Shane Warne's contribution to cricket, [1:50-5:19] Fellowes talks about Allen's suggestion of playing cricket in the Olympics and England not sending a team to play in the Commonwealth Games in 1998.

Track 5: [0:00-1:00] Fellowes talks about the MCC Audio Archive Project, [1:00-2:55] Fellowes talks about Henry Blofeld's cricketing career and his assistance with the project, and Fellowes' hopes for the museum, [2:55-4:40] Fellowes talks about the Lord's redevelopment project including redeveloping the museum.

A back-up copy of this CD is included.
Associations
Robert Fellowes
David Rayvern Allen
Royal Household Cricket Club
Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip
Shane Keith Warne
Eton College
Norfolk County Cricket Club
Henry Calthorpe Blofeld
Subject
ground redevelopment, MCC Audio Archive, royalty and cricket, MCC Museum, country house cricket, minor county cricket, over rate, one day cricket, twenty20 cricket
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 25 minutes 56 seconds
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