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K N Prabhu interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/156
Date:
2006-05
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 39 minutes 24 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, K N Prabhu, journalist, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 9 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:54] Prabhu and Rayvern Allen discuss the current Test between England and India, [0:55-2:01] Prabhu talks about how he doesn't follow much cricket anymore because there's too much of it which Rayvern Allen agrees with, [2:02-2:30] Prabhu says democracy can slow down the running of the game, [2:31-3:53] Prabhu talks about watching his first unofficial Test Match between Lord Tennyson's XI and India in 1938 and mentions some of the English players on the tour, [3:54-5:27] Prabhu recollects being disappointed Alfred Bakewell and Nobby Clark missing out on being in Lord Tennyson's XI and praises their batting styles.

Track 2: [0:00-1:19] Prabhu talks about writing his first piece for the Cricketer on how cricket is a gentlemen's game and the reaction of Nobby Clark getting hit by pebbles thrown by a crowd, [1:20-2:33] Prabhu talks about knowing C K Nayudu, [2:34-4:11] Prabhu talks about Lala Amarnath being given out shortly before making a double century on the 1936 tour of England.

Track 3: [0:00-1:33] Prabhu talks about Mohammad Nissar and Jack Ryder calling Indian umpires biased, [1:34-2:22] Prabhu talks about the Maharaja of Patiala, [2:23-3:05] Prabhu talks about missing out on watching B B Nimbalkar play due to where cricket was played in India at the time, [3:06-4:13] Prabhu talks about the Commonwealth XI tours of India with a reference to a Jim Laker quote on his best spell.

Track 4: [0:00-0:37] Prabhu talks about the tradition of spin bowling in India with a reference to John Woodock, [0:38-2:07] Prabhu talks about Subash Gupte and why his international career was cut short, [2:08-4:22] Prabhu talks about the nature of politics in Indian cricket and belonging to the old-school in terms of being brought up in British institutions.

Track 5: [0:00-0:52] Prabhu talks about Vijay Hazare and Vijay Merchant, attacking and defensive styles of play and contrasts responsibilities of Indian batsmen with Don Bradman.

Track 6: [0:00-1:47] Prabhu talks about the batting of Vijay Merchant and Alec Bedser calling him the finest opening batsman he had ever seen [his memory fades at end], [1:48-2:28] Prabhu talks about not watching L P Jai bat but read articles by Charlie Macartney praising him, [2:29-4:16] Prabhu describes Ghulam Ahmed as the best off-spin bowler and compares him to Jim Laker, [4:17-5:23] Prabhu praises Subash Gupte and struggles to remember the name of a West Indian batsman, [5:24-5:45] Prabhu talks about Vinoo Mankad.

Track 7: [0:00-0:25] Prabhu talks about Vinoo Mankad, [0:26-1:39] Prabhu rates John Woodcock, Jim Swanton as his favourite reporters and struggles to remember the name of Evelyn Wellings, [1:40-3:54] Prabhu recollects enjoying tours in England and struggles to remember a story relating to being in Devon, asking his wife for the name of an author [turns out to be Rudyard Kipling].

Track 8 [0:00-0:58] Prabhu talks about not rating contemporary Indian cricket writers and being focused on statistics, [0:59-3:11] Prabhu talks Bobby Talyarkhan, compares him to John Arlott and tells a story of Jim Swanton in Singapore, [3:12-4:03] Prabhu talks about as long as cricket is played in England cricket will go on, [4:04-4:37] Prabhu talks about his expectations for Bangladesh, [4:38-5:08] Prabhu talks about his hopes for cricket and wishing for his ashes to be spread in a press box at a cricket ground, [5:09-5:33] Prabhu talks about reading a book on Napoleon.

Track 9: [0:00-0:49] Prabhu quotes William Wordsworth.



A back-up copy of this CD is included.
Associations
K.N. Prabhu
David Rayvern Allen
Alfred Harry Bakewell
Bryan Herbert Valentine
Edward Winchester Clark
Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu
Nanik Amarnath Bharadwaj
Mohammad Nissar
India Cricket Team
John Ryder
Maharaja Sir Bhupinder Singh
Raosaheb Babasaheb Nimbalkar
James Charles Laker
Commonwealth Cricket Team
John Charles Woodcock
Subhashchandra Pandharinath Gupte
Vijay Samuel Hazare
Vijaysingh Madhavji Merchant
Sir Donald George Bradman
Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai
Ghulam Ahmed
Ashok Vinoo Mankad
Evelyn Maitland Wellings
Ardeshir Furdorji Sohrabji Talyarkhan
Ernest William Swanton
Subject
Lord Tennyson's XI in India 1937-1938, cricket in India, umpires, Commonwealth tours of India, India in England 1959, Indian cricketers, Spin Bowlers, batting, Journalism
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 39 minutes 24 seconds
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