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Bob Wyatt interviewed by Ralph Dellor



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/73
Date:
1990
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 1 hour 10 minutes 53 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Bob Wyatt, cricketer, interviewed by Ralph Dellor. The CD consists of 14 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-1:54] Introduction by Dellor giving brief biography of Wyatt, [1:55-2:23] Wyatt talks about being born in Surrey, [2:24-3:33] Wyatt talks about his first experiences of cricket from the age of 3, [3:34-4:28] Wyatt talks about playing in his first ever cricket match at Kingswood Preparatory School, [4:29-4:56] Wyatt talks about playing cricket at King Henry VIII School.

Track 2: [0:00-2:27] Wyatt explains playing for Coventry North Warwickshire Cricket Club and practicing with his father, [2:28-4:56] Wyatt talks about being selected for Warwickshire.

Track 3: [0:00-1:26] Wyatt talks about his initial doubts about not being good enough Warwickshire and to be a success at cricket a player needs a degree of over-confidence. [1:27-3:37] Wyatt talks about receiving a telegram of Warwickshire to play 12 matches, describes his early matches and being picked as a bowler, [3:38-5:16] Wyatt talks about being a genuine all-rounder and playing in his first Test series in South Africa 1927-1928.

Track 4: [0:00-2:21] Wyatt talks about his early matches for Warwickshire, mentioning some of the players he played with, [2:22-4:46] Wyatt talks about following county cricket as a youth including worshipping Jack Hobbs and captaining him in his last Test Match.

Track 5: [0:00-0:46] Wyatt compares Jack Hobbs and Don Bradman, [0:47-5:39] Wyatt talks about Jack Hobbs' technique, talking about poise with C B Fry, enjoying talking to Wilfred Rhodes about Hobbs and reading googlies.

Track 6: [0:00-3:29] Wyatt talks about county cricket in the late 1920's and 1930's, how it was more chivalrous, talks about flight in bowling and says modern players don't know the mechanics of the game so much.

Track 7: [0:00-1:07] Wyatt talks about the comparisons in fielding between his day and modern times, [1:08-1:57] Wyatt talks about his great season of 1929, good wickets and high standard of bowling, [1:58-5:30] Wyatt talks about enjoying being a captain, getting a lack of support from Warwickshire committee and helping young cricketers.

Track 8: [0:00-5:02] Wyatt talks about his first touring experiences in India and Ceylon 1926-1927, batting with Andy Sandham and Herbert Sutcliffe, [5:03-5:36] Wyatt talks about his Test debut.

Track 9: [0:00-4:06] Wyatt talks about believing he was good enough to play for England, his first Tests in England and being on the MCC tour to Australia 1932-1933.

Track 10: [0:00-7:49] Wyatt talks about being involved with the MCC tour to Australia 1932-1933 and how bodyline came about through his fielding placings in Melbourne rather than being preconceived by Jardine.

Track 11 [0:00-1:36] Wyatt talks about Gubby Allen bowling on the MCC tour to Australia 1932-1933, [1:37-3:24] Wyatt talks about Douglas Jardine, [3:25-5:39] Wyatt talks about realising the significance of bodyline and not approving of it.

Track 12: [0:00-4:37] Wyatt talks about continuing to play for Warwickshire after being removed as captain and moving to Worcestershire after Second World War, [4:38-6:37] Wyatt talks about his happy years at Worcestershire.

Track 13: [0:00-0:48 Wyatt talks about his last first-class match in 1957 and his last wicket in county cricket, [0:49-3:43] Wyatt talks about being an England selector, selectors not knowing enough about the game and Gubby Allen's knowledge on the game, [3:43-4:11] Wyatt talks about being more relaxed than Douglas Jardine, [4:12-4:31] Wyatt talks about his favourite innings against Australia.

Track 14: [0:00-1:14] Wyatt talks about what cricket has given him and the sport being an education.

A back-up copy of this CD is included.

Associations
Robert Elliot Storey Wyatt
Ralph Dellor
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
William George Quaife
King Henry VIII School
Frederick Reginald Santall
Sir John Berry Hobbs
Sir Donald George Bradman
Sussex County Cricket Club
Charles Burgess Fry
Andrew Sandham
Herbert Sutcliffe
Douglas Robert Jardine
Harold Larwood
Sir George Oswald Browning Allen
Subject
captaincy, captains, MCC in South Africa 1927-1928, all rounders, batting, MCC in India 1926-1927, MCC in Ceylon 1926-1927, MCC in Australia 1932-1933, Bodyline, county cricket, bowling, fielding
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 1 hour 10 minutes 53 seconds
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