Mike Turner interviewed by David Rayvern Allen

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/62

Date:

2008

Level of description

item

Extent

1 CD: 55 minutes 57 seconds

Part of

David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)

Scope and Content

1 CD, Mike Turner interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 12 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-3:04] Turner talks about his work to provide grant aid for cricket clubs, assist with the development of stands at cricket ground and being a consultant at Lord's in relation to the National Lottery, [3:04-5:10] Turner talks about the future of county cricket.

Track 2: [0:00-4:52] Turner talks about the impact of the Kolpak ruling on counties, the distribution of money to the counties and his belief that there should be a restriction on overseas players.

Track 3: [0:00-1:27] Turner talks about his signings for Leicestershire County Cricket Club while as secretary including home-grown players, [1:27-3:49] Turner talks about signing Paul Nixon and the status of youth development, [3:49-5:41] Turner talks about the support staff employed by the England team.

Track 4: [0:00-4:02] Turner talks about his working relationship with Raymond Illingworth, and introducing a sports psychologist to Leicestershire.

Track 5: [0:00-4:33] Turner talks about the sports psychologist's sessions with the Leicestershire team and how that compares to the England team, [4:33-6:03] Turner talks about his role in the introduction of one day cricket in England and the state of cricket, particularly Leicestershire after the Second World War.

Track 6: [0:00-4:36] Turner talks about the county secretaries' meetings to decide on the fixtures and his relationship with the secretaries of other counties, and the initial plans by him to organise a knock-out competition with other counties from the same region.

Track 7: [0:00-1:56] Turner talks about Gillette's sponsorship of the Gillette Cup, Turner's consultancy role for the John Player League and his attempts to use coloured clothing in cricket in the 1970s, [1:56-6:18] Turner talks about the International Cavaliers and 65 over cricket, and meeting the Bishop of Leicester to discuss playing cricket on a Sunday.

Track 8: [0:00-5:20] Turner talks about the duties he performed as Leicestershire secretary, including also being made team manager having been a player.

Track 9: [0:00-4:03] Turner talks about his worst day as Leicestershire secretary, the threat of a bomb scare at the Leicestershire vs. Australians, and evacuating the ground during that match but being concerned that someone had obtained his private number.

Track 10: [0:00-4:28] Turner talks about having to ask people to leave Leicestershire including Willie Watson.

Track 11: [0:00-3:54] Turner talks about the development of the County Championship and the two divisions experiment, and the future of counties which do not host Test cricket.

Track 12: [0:00-1:29] Turner talks about the importance of developing young cricketers and there being too many Test Match grounds and his wish that the County Championship does not become regionalised.

A back-up copy of this CD is included.

Associations

Francis Michael Turner
David Rayvern Allen
Paul Andrew Nixon
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
John Henry Bickford Waite
International Cavaliers

Subject

County Championship, Gillette Cup, John Player League, Kolpak Ruling, Sunday cricket, psychology, fundraising

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 CD: 55 minutes 57 seconds

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