1 CD, Trevor Bailey, cricketer, interviewed by Ralph Dellor. The CD consists of 17 tracks.
Track 1: [0:00-0:14] Opening jingle, [0:15-2:12] Introduction and brief biography by Dellor, [2:13-2:55] Bailey talks about regaining the Ashes in 1953 being the highlight of his career, [2:56-3:39] Bailey talks about first playing cricket on the beach at Westcliff, being taught at prep school by Denys Wilcox, [3:40-3:54] Bailey talks about sport not being part of his family.
Track 2: [0:00-0:29] Bailey talks about loving playing with a ball cricket or football from the age of 3, [0:30-0:59] Bailey talks about how he was initially going to be a schoolmaster, [1:00-2:29] Bailey talks about playing cricket at Dulwich and then for Essex Club and Ground under Brian Castor, [2:30-3:06] Bailey talks about who else he played with at Dulwich, [3:07-4:01] Bailey talks about who else he played with at Essex Club and Ground including Ray Smith and watching first class cricket since being a schoolboy, [4:02-4:11] Bailey talks about Morris Nichols and Harold Larwood being his heroes.
Track 3: [0:00-0:53] Bailey talks about watching Don Bradman, [0:54-2:26] Bailey talks about admiring players but not basing his technique on them and staff at Dulwich including Billy Griffith and Father Marriott, [2:27-2:40] Bailey talks about the quality of Dulwich's cricket pitches, [2:41-3:06] Bailey talks about the importance of learning to play on good wickets, [3:07-3:53] Bailey talks about being a marine during the Second World War and losing friends.
Track 4: [0:00-0:45] Bailey talks about being a marine during the Second World War, [0:46-1:31] Bailey talks about getting invitations to play in cricket matches at the end of the war, [1:32-2:27] Bailey talks about the matches he played in including the Royal Navy, Combined Services and Royal Empire XI and playing against Keith Miller for the first time, [2:28-2:48] Bailey talks about batting with Wally Hammond in a services match, [2:49-3:19] Bailey talks about having played for Essex before going to Cambridge University, [3:20-4:17] Bailey talks about mature students at Cambridge.
Track 5: [0:00-0:33] Bailey talks about who he played with at Cambridge including Doug Insole and Guy Willatt, [0:34-1:59] Bailey talks about playing football and cricket with Doug Insole for the first time, [2:00-3:03] Bailey talks about having fun playing cricket at Cambridge but also taking it seriously, [3:04-4:04] Bailey talks about his Essex debut against Derbyshire.
Track 6: [0:00-1:36] Bailey talks about opening that batting and bowling on his debut the subsequent times he opened the batting, [1:37-2:51] Bailey talks about Essex struggling for money into the 1960's, [2:52-3:38] Essex talks about other counties struggling financially and how players practiced through playing matches during a season, [3:39-4:55] Bailey talks about enjoying cricket nets and travelling to away cricket matches.
Track 7: [0:00-0:25] Bailey talks about sending postcards from away matches, [0:26-1:46] Bailey talks about Tom Pearce, [1:47-2:37] Bailey talks about the Essex team enjoying their cricket and playing for the crowds, [2:38-3:14] Bailey talks about the atmosphere of different Essex grounds highlighting Clacton, [3:15-5:35] Bailey talks about his football career and playing against Manchester United in the F A Cup for Walthamstow.
Track 8: [0:00-1:56] Bailey talks about enjoying playing football more than cricket but was a better cricketer, [1:57- Bailey talks about thinking he was good enough for England from the age 12, thought he could play for England in 1948 and turning down tours.
Track 9: [0:00-2:48] Bailey talks about the 1948 Australians in England and how learnt more on bowling, [2:49-3:36] Bailey talks about allowing Ray Lindwall his 100th wicket.
Track 10: [0:00-1:16] Bailey talks about his Test debut at Headingley, [1:17-2:41] Bailey talks about post-war English teams and players being at different stages of their careers, [2:42-3:27] Bailey talks about his stand with Willie Watson at Lord’s in 1953, [3:28-4:59] Bailey talks about playing well at Brisbane and meeting Robert Menzies.
Track 11: [0:00-2:02] Bailey talks about his batting style and place in England batting line-up, [2:03-2:52] Bailey talks about his place in England bowling attack, [2:53-5:01] Bailey talks about taking 7 wickets in an innings against the West Indies on MCC tour to West Indies in 1953-1954.
Track 12: [0:00-1:12] Bailey talks about enjoying the touring particularly the sailing and getting friendly with the press, [1:13-4:09] Bailey talks about being enjoying being assistant secretary of Essex and securing a loan of Warwickshire.
Track 13: [0:00-0:50] Bailey talks about enjoying his position as assistant secretary, [0:51-1:28] Bailey talks about Essex having to borrow cricket nets, [1:29-3:52] Bailey talks about the “Essex Circus” of having to move around grounds and Essex never had quite a good enough team to win the County Championship and thinks they would have been a good one-day team.
Track 14: [0:00-1:38] Bailey talks about getting used to Essex never being quite a good enough team, [1:39-2:53] Bailey talks about the nature of wickets at Essex grounds and leaving grass on the pitch, [2:54-4:22] Bailey talks about getting Jim Laker to play for Essex pitches.
Track 15: [0:00-4:03] Bailey talks about selecting young players to play for Essex and highlighting Barry Knight and Keith Fletcher, [4:04-5:14] Bailey talks about receiving a letter touting Gordon Barker to play for Essex.
Track 16: [0:00-1:18] Bailey talks about captaining a Rotten Cavaliers team in Barbados and bringing Keith Boyce back to play for Essex, [1:19-2:39] Bailey talks about how he wishes he captained England but no feeling of bitterness, [2:40-4:08] Bailey talks about an article he wrote and how this was changed when published in a newspaper.
Track 17: [0:00-0:31] Bailey talks about writing about cricket, [0:32-2:16] Bailey talks about not becoming secretary of Essex and not joining the committee, [2:17-3:17] Bailey talks about continuing to be close to Essex, [3:18-4:46] Bailey compares the modern game to his time and how the 3-day game has become more boring, [4:47-4:59] Closing remarks by Dellor, [5:00-5:15] Closing jingle.