1 CD, Cyril Washbrook, cricketer, interviewed by Ralph Dellor. The CD consists of 11 tracks.
Track 1: [0:00-1:37] Introduction and brief biography by Dellor, [1:38-3:12] Washbrook talks about being excellent at school cricket and deciding to play for his home county of Lancashire, [3:13-3:36] Washbrook talks about not actually watching Lancashire until he joined the team aged 18, [3:37-3:57] Washbrook talks about not watching county cricket whilst he was at school in the midlands, [3:58-4:31] Washbrook talks about playing with good quality amateurs in club and school cricket and not experiencing any first-class cricket until he joined Lancashire, [4:32-5:38] Wasbrook talks about his first day at Lancashire and meeting S F Barnes and Harry Makepeace.
Track 2: [0:00-1:16] Washbrook talks about playing against S F Barnes in one match against Staffordshire, [1:17-2:07] Washbrook talks about who else was on the Lancashire staff at the time he joined including Dick Pollard and Eddie Phillipson and playing 2nd XI cricket, [2:08-2:57] Washbrook talks about practicing hard in cricket nets and doing very little physical exercise, [2:58-4:05] Washbrook talks about being fit for cricket and rarely getting injured and how young players of the 2nd XI were treated, [4:06-4:44] Washbrook talks about playing as many matches as possible to get cricket fit.
Track 3: [0:00-1:10] Washbrook talks about enjoying fielding but did not practice much, [1:11-1:52] Washbrook talks about watching as much Lancashire 1st XI cricket as possible to learn, [1:53-3:06] Washbrook talks about Jack Hobbs being his schoolboy idol, Wally Hammond being the greatest batsman he's ever seen and watching and listening to anybody talking about cricket, [3:07-3:37] Washbrook talks about watching Ernest Tyldesley bat, [3:38-4:17] Washbrook talks about the tradition of Lancashire cricket in playing to win, [4:18-4:52] Washbrook talks about his first-class debut in 1933 against Sussex, [4:53-5:19] Washbrook talks about Maurice Tate's bowling, [5:20-6:03] Washbrook talks about some of the surprises he found including diet during a match and learning to be a professional, [6:04-6:41] Washbrook talks about being a junior cricketer in the Lancashire team, [6:42-7:28] Washbrook talks about learning to deal with failure and finding his form in his third season with Lancashire, [7:29-7:55] Washbrook talks about his 1936 season and making is England Test debut in 1937, [7:56-8:40] Washbrook talks about how proud he was to get his Lancashire cap. [8:41-8:50] Dellor begins to ask Washbrook a question.
Track 4: [0:00-1:08] Washbrook talks about being called up for his first Test Match against New Zealand in 1937, [1:09-1:54] Washbrook talks about who else he played with in his first Test Match including Walter Robins, Denis Compton and Charlie Barnett and being given his England cap by Pelham Warner, [1:55-2:34] Washbrook talks about not making many runs in his first Test Match and opening the second innings, [2:35-3:09] Washbrook talks about how he came to be an opening batsman, [3:10-3:42] Washbrook talks about how good batsmen need to be good on the back foot, [3:43-7:12] Washbrook talks about playing cricket for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Track 5: [0:00-1:04] Washbrook talks about not regretting the war halting his cricket career as he was still able to improve playing for the Royal Air Force, [1:05-2:24] Washbrook talks about his good form immediately following the Second World War, [2:25-3:05] Washbrook talks about how losing 6 years off of a career affects bowlers more than batsmen.
Track 6: [0:00-0:50] Washbrook talks about how the coaching setup at Lancashire stayed the same after the war and had many younger players in the team, [0:51-2:11] Washbrook talks about opening the batting for England with Len Hutton and the need for good running between the wickets, [2:12-2:29] Washbrook talks about natural good understanding in a batting partnership, [2:30-4:43] Washbrook talks about his batting partnership with Len Hutton and breaking the opening partnership score for England, [4:44-5:09] Washbrook talks about not being familiar with records and batting with Winston Place [5:10-6:02] Washbrook talks about taking a serious view of cricket and the secret to being a good batsman.
Track 7: [0:00-0:51] Washbrook talks about how cricketers took a serious view towards the game but still enjoyed themselves, [0:52-1:47] Washbrook talks about becoming Lancashire's first professional captain and how it affected his batting, [1:48-2:11] Washbrook talks about other counties still having a good attitude towards his Lancashire team, [2:12-4:11] Washbrook talks about his disappointment at never winning the County Championship with Lancashire but says was still a good team with young players coming through, [4:12-5:43] Washbrook talks about how he thought his Test career could be over following the 1950-1951 MCC tour to Australia and praises the Australian side of 1948.
Track 8: [0:00-0:54] Washbrook talks about how he loved touring and his most enjoyable tour being the 1948-1949 MCC tour to South Africa, [0:55-1:32] Washbrook talks about being a Test selector whilst still playing for Lancashire, [1:33-3:18] Washbrook talks about being recalled for England in 1956, [3:19-3:28] Washbrook talks about not having any misgiving being recalled.
Track 9: [0:00-1:45] Washbrook talks about scoring 98 in his comeback Test Match at Headingley, batting with Peter May and getting a great reception from the Yorkshire crowd, [1:46-2:18] Washbrook talks not scoring well in the remainder of the Test series, [2:19-3:04] Washbrook talks about his decision to retire in 1959, [3:05-3:46] Washbrook talks about captaining the MCC against Lancashire in 1964, [3:47-4:49] Washbrook talks about becoming manager of Lancashire but left after a year and then being voted onto the Lancashire committee two years later, [4:50-5:33] Washbrook talks about how a captain is the most important position in a team.
Track 10: [0:00-1:43] Washbrook talks about enjoying captaining Lancashire but never had any ambitions to captain England and what it was like to captain Brian Statham, 1:44-2:28] Washbrook talks about his two times being a Test selector, [2:29-3:32] Washbrook talks about what selection meetings were like, [3:33-3:57] Washbrook talks about the criticism selectors face, [3:58-4:40] Washbrook talks about remaining involved with Lancashire, [4:41-5:12] Washbrook talks about being made President of Lancashire.
Track 11: [0:00-0:50] Washbrook talks about keeping the traditions of Lancashire cricket intact, [0:51-2:42] Washbrook bemoans covered wickets, [2:43-3:41] Washbrook talks about he would accept the challenge of short-pitched bowling and rarely getting hit on the body, [3:42-3:57] Closing remarks by Dellor.