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Tom Pearce interviewed by Ralph Dellor



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/128
Date:
1989
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 56 minutes 11 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Tom Pearce, cricketer, interviewed by Ralph Dellor. The CD consists of 12 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:14] Opening jingle, [0:15-2:45] Introduction and brief biography by Dellor, [2:46-3:02] Pearce talks about the rise of Essex being the highlight of his career and how they initially struggled, [3:03-3:55] Pearce talks about Essex's bowling attack in the 1930's including Morris Nichols and Ken Farnes, [3:56-4:13] Pearce talks about the Essex team, [4:14-5:30] Pearce talks about playing golf with Charles Kortright and being asked about Harold Larwood.

Track 2: [0:00-0:38] Pearce talks about selectors ignoring Essex players like Charles Kortright and Percy Perrin, [0:39-1:49] Pearce talks about knowing Percy Perrin, Walter Mead and tells a story of Bill Reeves, [1:50-4:17] Pearce talks about the match where Kent scored 803-4 declared at Brentwood and Essex beating Surrey by an innings the very next match, [4:18-4:50] Pearce talks about Hopper Read.

Track 3: [0:00-0:25] Pearce talks about never meeting Johnny Douglas, [0:26-1:13] Pearce talks about growing up in Southgate and initially followed Middlesex, [1:14-1:28] Pearce talks about playing school cricket at Christ's Hospital, [1:29-1:52] Pearce talks about making his county debut for Essex against Sussex, [1:53-3:54] Pearce talks about Jim Cutmore and Dellor recalls bowling him out in a match, [3:55-4:35] Pearce talks about a "Nick" possible Morris Nichols moaning about wickets and his qualities as a cricketer.

Track 4: [0:00-0:20] Pearce talks about Jack O'Connor, [0:21-1:18] Pearce talks about Jack Russell, [1:19-2:21] Pearce talks about accommodation for amateurs and professionals on away matches, [2:22-3:02] Pearce compares the money earned from benefits during his time to present day, [3:03-3:32] Pearce talks about how cricketers during his time had more fun, [3:33-4:25] Pearce talks about county cricket as a way of life, [4:26-5:15] Pearce talks about Ken Farnes coming in for professional bowlers when he wanted to play.

Track 5: [0:00-1:03] Pearce talks about the bowling and temperament of Ken Farnes, [1:04-2:11] Pearce lists top quality batsmen he had to bowl against with special mention for Les Ames, [2:12-4:18] Pearce talks about Kent being a middling county side and bowling Yorkshire out for 31 and 39 at Huddersfield and conceding 555 against Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes at Leyton.

Track 6: [0:00-1:44] Pearce talks about Essex being an unfashionable county and struggling financially, [1:45-2:11] Pearce talks about Essex beating top teams but losing to poor ones, [2:12-2:42] Pearce talks about co-captains with Denys Wilcox and Doug Insole, [2:43-2:48] Pearce talks about being a wine merchant, [2:49-3:57] Pearce talks about being at his peak before the Second World War, [3:58-4:25] Pearce talks about the camaraderie between opposition teams, [4:26-4:54] Pearce talks about never being close to being selected for England, [4:55-6:37] Pearce talks about how the Second World War did not impact on his career and got a job at a distillery which helped prolong his career.

Track 7: [0:00-0:35] Pearce talks about Essex losing elder players and bringing through youngsters, [0:36-1:55] Pearce talks about playing in two Gentlemen vs. Players matches, [1:56-4:13] Pearce talks about playing the 1948 Australian tour side.

Track 8: [0:00-1:19] Pearce continues to talk about playing the 1948 Australian tour side, [1:20-2:40] Pearce talks about the "Essex Circus" and moving around different grounds and Westcliff Clacton being his favourites, [2:41-3:22] Pearce talks about the qualities of Trevor Bailey, [3:23-3:28] Pearce talks about the quality of Essex's fielding apart from himself, [3:29-5:38] Pearce talks about being a Test selector.

Track 9: [0:00-0:20] Pearce talks about the players he could select from, [0:21-2:25] Pearce talks about the T. N. Pearce's XI at Scarborough Festival, [2:26-3:38] Pearce talks about being Manager for the 1961-1962 tour to India, Pakistan and Ceylon.

Track 10: [0:00-1:127] Pearce talks about Chairman and Secretary and enjoying the administrative side of cricket, [1:28-1:52] Pearce talks about the Keith Fletcher era at Essex, [1:53-2:32] Pearce talks about the cheerful nature of Essex cricket, [2:33-4:42] Pearce talks about what has changed since 1929 particularly improvements in fielding and appealing getting out of hand, [4:43-5:37} Pearce talks about his rugby union career as a player.

Track 11: [0:00-0:46] Pearce talks about not being much of a crossover between rugby union and cricket, how most professional cricketers were football players and mentions Geoff Hurst and Bobby Moore, [0:47-1:29] Pearce talks about Tom Wade wrestling and the diving of Roy Sheffield, [1:30-3:08] Pearce talks about being a rugby union referee, [3:09-4:07] Pearce talks about being optimistic about the future of cricket and better coaching of young cricketers at Essex, [4:08-4.45] Pearce talks about being awarded an OBE.

Track 12: [0:00-1:00] Pearce talks about how he would like to be remembered, [1:01-1:15] Closing jingle.



A back-up copy of this CD is included.
Associations
Thomas Alexander Pearce
Ralph Dellor
Essex County Cricket Club
Morris Stanley Nichols
Kenneth Farnes
Charles Jesse Kortright
Harold Larwood
Percival Albert Perrin
Walter Mead
William Reeves
Holcombe Douglas Read
Christ's Hospital
James Albert Cutmore
Jack O'Connor
Charles Albert George Russell
Leslie Ethelbert George Ames
Denys Robert Wilcox
Douglas John Insole
Trevor Edward Bailey
T.N. Pearce's XI
Keith William Robert Fletcher
Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst
Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore
Thomas Henry Wade
James Roy Sheffield
Subject
Essex cricketers, Brentwood, Essex, England, amateurs and professionals, benefits, county cricket, captains, Gentlemen vs. Players, Australia in England 1948, Scarborough Cricket Festival, MCC in India 1961-1962, MCC in Pakistan 1961-1962, MCC in Ceylon 1961-1962, fielding, Rugby, football
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 56 minutes 11 seconds
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