1 CD, Bert Robinson, cricketer and school coach interviewed by Alastair Lack. The CD consists of 1 track.
Track 1: [0:00-0:10] Introduction by Lack, [0:11-1:24] Robinson talks about playing cricket as a boy, playing local cricket in Northamptonshire and getting picked by Northamptonshire before Second World War, [1:25-1:51] Robinson talks playing county cricket before the Second World War highlighting the travel, [1:52-3:05] Robinson talks about Leicestershire being Northamptonshire’s main rivals and whilst not a great side Northamptonshire were not a bad side either picking out some players, [3:06-3:50] Robinson talks about taking 5 for 37 against Derbyshire and settling into the side, [3:51-4:45] Robinson talks about Northamptonshire being one of the lesser county sides, [4:46-6:49] Robinson talks about becoming a cricket coach at Radley College, [6:50-7:47] Robinson talks about coaching the College cricket teams and working as a groundsman, [7:48-11:54] Robinson talks about coaching notable Radley players including Ted Dexter, Andrew Strauss, Jamie Dalrymple and Ben Hutton.
[11:55-13:32] Robinson talks about polishing a players technique rather than fundamentally changing their style and having a good team during Ted Dexter's era and taming Dexter, [13:33-15:19] Robinson talks about Dennis Silk who was School Master at Radley and playing for Radley Rangers, [15:20-15:47] Robinson talks about his maxim of taking the first run as fast as possible. [15:48-17:09] Robinson talks about having great sides at Radley and parents sending children to Radley because of the quality of coaching and taking Eton and Harrow overflow, [17:10-17:48] Robinson talks about beating Eton, [17:49-18:50] Robinson talks about being friendly with cricket coaches from other schools and playing cricket for Reading, [18:51-19:44] Robinson talks about still taking an interest in Radley cricket and not umpiring anymore.
[19:45-20:37] Robinson talks about a celebratory dinner for his 90th birthday, [20:38-22:27] Robinson talks about polishing cricketers, being courteous and offering encouragement, [22:28-23:10] Robinson talks about leaving discussions of a match until a couple of days later, [23:11-23:33] Robinson talks about current Radley side as good but not great, [23:34-25:09] Robinson talks about being a bowler as beneficial to his coaching and taking a lot of time coaching Ben Hutton, [25:10-25:42] Robinson talks about pride when his former players make it professionally, [25:43-26:13] Closing words and thanks from Lack and Robinson.
A back-up copy of this CD is included. Poor audio quality.