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Tony Cozier interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/37
Date:
2009-06-09
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 41 minutes 53 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Tony Cozier interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 1 track.

Track 1: [0:20-2:00] Cozier talks about being born in Barbados, his father's career as a cricket writer, [2:00-4:10] Cozier talks about acquiring knowledge of producing newspapers and being sent to Canada to study journalism, and covering the West Indies vs. Australia Test Match in Barbados in 1955 with permission from his headmaster, [4:10-7:00] Cozier talks about playing cricket in his schooldays, listening to the India vs. West Indies Test Series in Canada in 1960, and charging West Indian students to listen to the radio, [7:00-9:00] Cozier talks about becoming interested in cricket commentary and the commentators he listened to including Trevor McDonald and working on BBC Caribbean Service and BBC World Service.

[9:00-12:35] Cozier talks about becoming a cricket commentator and receiving advice from Alan McGilvray, [12:35-15:15] Cozier talks about the problem of former cricketers talking while a ball is being bowled, [15:15-16:15] Cozier talks about working on Test Match Special and the practice of having an opposition broadcaster for every tour, [16:15-19:30] Cozier talks about working for radio and television simultaneously, including for Channel 9 and Sky Television, [19:30-20:40] Cozier talks about cricket commentators.

[20:40-26:15] Cozier talks about the history of West Indian cricket and the current team as of 2009 and not playing at the major venues in Test cricket while on tour, [26:15-29:00] Cozier talks about Allen Stanford's work for West Indies cricket, [29:00-32:10] Cozier talks about the West Indies Board of Control and the problem of the administration being made up of different islands.

[32:10-37:00] Cozier talks about cricket administration in the West Indies requiring a unified force to lead it like Clive Lloyd, and whether Cozier himself should become president of the West Indies Board of Control, [37:00-39:10] Cozier talks about the future of West Indies cricket, [39:10-41:53] Cozier talks about commentating on Test Match Special.

A back-up copy of this CD is included.
Associations
Anthony Cozier
David Rayvern Allen
Alan David McGilvray
Channel 9
Sky Television
Robert Allen Stanford
Clive Hubert Lloyd
Trevor McDonald
Test Match Special
West Indies Board of Control
BBC
Subject
Commentators, broadcasting, Journalism, Australia in West Indies 1954-1955, West Indian cricket
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 41 minutes 53 seconds
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