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Geoff Pullar interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/89
Date:
2006-01-02
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 61 minutes 39 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Geoff Pullar, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 11 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:04] Rayvern Allen introduces Geoff Pullar, [0:05-1:33] Pullar talks about injuring his knee in Australia being responsible for shortening his career, [1:34-2:39] Pullar talks about the nature of Australian grass and how cricket boots work with it, [2:40-3:52] Pullar talks about opening the batting in his debut Test Match and being a better lower order batsman, [3:53-4:46] Pullar talks about the nature of middle order batting.

Track 2: [0:00-3:18] Pullar talks about the spirit of cricket in county and international cricket during his playing days compared to modern day highlighting batsmen walking and players should do more to help umpires, [3:19-6:01] Pullar complains about fielders appealing and umpires being under more pressure.

Track 3: [0:00-3:05] Pullar talks about starting out playing Lancashire League Cricket, attending a nets session at Old Trafford and being picked for Lancashire 2nd XI, [3:06-4:51] Pullar talks about being called up to the Lancashire first team and avoiding National Service through having flat feet.

Track 4: [0:00-1:52] Pullar talks about being picked for a MCC side against India at Lord's and praises Subhash Gupte, [1:53-3:48] Pullar talks about being selected for his England debut in 1959 through Cyril Washbrook persuading Wilf Wooller and opening the batting in his first Test Match.

Track 5: [0:00-0:21] Pullar talks about being the first Lancashire player to score a century at Old Trafford and Michael Atherton being the second, [0:22-1:47] Pullar talks about his England career and the tours he went on to West Indies, India and Pakistan and Australia, [1:48-4:00] Pullar talks about scoring a century against the West Indians for Lancashire in 1966 and Charlie Griffith being no-balled for throwing, [4:01-5:15] Pullar talks about a conversation with Peter May about the possibility of playing for England again and his knee injury causing problems.

Track 6: [0:00-1:23] Pullar talks about his knee injury shortening his career and being a bit bitter about it, [1:24-4:00] Pullar talks about his benefit match being cancelled by rain, failing to arrange another match to make up for it and buying a fish and chip shop when his career ended, [4:01-6:05] Pullar talks about cricketers receiving good rates of pay during his career but did not have the opportunities for commercialisation.

Track 7: [0:00-0:43] Pullar talks about not wanting to go into coaching and teaching David Lloyd to bat, [0:44-4:34] Pullar talks about being a leg-break bowler, telling a story about how he got Frank Worrell out whilst on tour in the West Indies, [4:35-6:07] Pullar talks about Bob Barber's bowling.

Track 8: [0:00-6:25] Pullar talks about how he came to leave Lancashire after falling out with his captain over having a go at David Lloyd and receiving a lack of support from the Board.

Track 9: [0:00-2:58] Pullar talks about not being happy at Lancashire, moving down to Gloucestershire and being in pain all the time during his time there, [2:59-5:01] Pullar talks about enjoying his time at Gloucestershire and nearly winning the county championship in 1969, [5:02-5:16] Pullar names Cyril Washbrook as the best captain he played under.

Track 10: [0:00-1:14] Pullar talks about the captaincy of Ray Illingworth, Peter May, Stuart Surridge, [1:15-4:10] Pullar talks about Colin Cowdrey being a better batsman than Peter May but had a lack of confidence and talks about Peter May being weak to the short delivery early in an innings, [4:11-4:25] Pullar begins to talk about how he got the nickname Noddy.

Track 11 [0:00-1:02] Pullar talks about how he got the nickname Noddy after watching Noddy during a break in a county, [1:03-1:45] Pullar and Rayvern Allen talk about Tom Dickinson, [1:46-4:32] Pullar talks about one-day cricket being responsible for quick scoring in Test Matches and lack of preparation being responsible for previous tour in Australia, [4:33-6:08] Pullar talks about fast bowlers during the time of the back foot no-ball, [6:09-7:42] Pullar talks about how helmets could be a hindrance, [7:43-8:42] Pullar talks about following cricket on ceefax, not being involved with the game and what he does with his spare time.



A back-up copy of this CD is included.
Associations
Geoffrey Pullar
David Rayvern Allen
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Subhashchandra Pandharinath Gupte
Cyril Washbrook
Wilfred Wooller
Michael Andrew Atherton
Charles Christopher Griffith
Peter Barker Howard May
David Lloyd
Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell
Robert William Barber
Raymond Illingworth
Walter Stuart Surridge
Thomas Eastwood Dickinson
Subject
batting, injuries, Spirit of Cricket, umpires, umpiring, Lancashire League Cricket, MCC in West Indies 1959-1960, MCC in India 1961-1962, MCC in Pakistan 1961-1962, MCC in Australia 1962-1963, benefits
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 61 minutes 39 seconds
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