1 CD, John Woodcock, cricket writer, interviewed by Henry Blofeld. The CD consists of 7 tracks.
Track 1: [0:00-1:36] Woodcock talks about the 1956 Australian tour of England and the returns of David Sheppard, Denis Compton and Cyril Washbrook, [1:37-2:02] Woodcock talks about Wilfred Rhodes playing for England as a selector in 1926, [2:03-2:30] Woodcock talks about the 1956 Test Match at Headingley.
Track 2: [0:00-0:31] Woodcock talks about the first three Test Matches of the 1956 Test series vs. Australia, [0:32-2:31] Woodcock talks about the 1956 fourth Test Match at Old Trafford, the state of the wicket and the bowling of Tony Lock and Jim Laker, [2:32-4:07] Woodcock talks about Colin Cowdrey inventing the prop in 1957 and how batsmen played against Jim Laker.
Track 3: [0:00-1:29] Woodcock talks about batsmen getting out to Jim Laker being caught at leg-trap, highlighting Keith Miller, [1:30-1:56] Woodcock talks about Ken Mackay and fields set to him, [1:57-3:49] Woodcock talks about weather conditions during the 1956 Old Trafford Test Match and Jim Laker taking 19 wickets, [3:50-6:30] Woodcock talks about Tony Lock's figures during the Old Trafford Test and about how he threw during his career, [6:31-7:09] Woodcock compares Jim Laker and Tony Lock, [7:10-7:25] Woodcock talks about Denis Compton's 94 at the Oval in 1956, [7:26-7:50] Woodcock begins to talk about the 1956-1957 MCC tour to South Africa and loses his train of thought, [7:51-8:40] Woodcock talks about the last Test Match at the Oval in 1956.
Track 4: [0:00-1:10] Woodcock talks about the 1956-1957 MCC tour to South Africa and the first Test Match at the new Wanderers Ground in Johannesburg, [1:11-3:54] Woodcock talks about Johnny Wardle bowling the South Africans out at Cape Town, how MCC should have won the third Test in Durban and the series ending in a tie, [3:55-5:34] Woodcock talks about Fred Trueman not being on the tour, [5:35-7:01] Woodcock talks about Fred Trueman's character and his record of being the first bowler to 300 Test wickets, [7:02-9:09] Walcott talks about the 1957 West Indies tour of England and Collie Smith, [9:10-9:43] Woodcock talks about the second, third and fourth Test Matches of the 1957 West Indies tour of England, [9:44-10:09] Woodcock loses his train of thought.
Track 5: [0:00-0:55] Woodcock talks about Collie Smith, [0:56-2:28] Woodcock talks about England's second innings of the first Test at Edgbaston in 1957 and the partnership between Peter May and Colin Cowdrey, [2:29-2:43] Woodcock talks about Sonny Ramadhin, [2:44-3:36] Woodcock talks about John Goddard captaining the 1957 West Indians in England, [3:37-5:40] Woodcock talks about Gary Sobers and compares him to Denis Compton, [5:41-6:50] Woodcock talks about John Gleeson and Denis Compton being asked for advice on Gleeson by Keith Fletcher.
Track 6: [0:00-0:53] Woodcock talks about giving advice to Denis Compton on how to play John Gleeson and Compton's intuitiveness for the game, [0:54-1:26] Woodcock talks about cricketers who play games the naturally and being poor coaches and players who had to work hard at the game being excellent coaches, [1:27-1:43] Woodcock talks about the West Indies being demoralised by the nature of their defeat in 1957, [1:44-2:01] Blofeld briefly summarises the 1958 New Zealand tour of England, [2:02-3:22] Woodcock talks about the 1958-1959 MCC tour in Australia and Peter May's captaincy and ill-discipline on the tour, [3:23-4:27] Woodcock talks about finding the 1958-1959 tour of Australia demoralising and the bowling of Ian Meckiff, [4:28-4:54] Woodcock talks about the bowling of Gordon Rorke, [4:55-5:21] Woodcock talks about the bowling of Jimmy Burke, [5:22-6:22] Woodcock talks about Don Bradman and Gubby Allen cutting out throwing, the MCC team underachieving on the tour and players getting older, [6:23-7:49] Woodcock talks about Australian selecting Richie Benaud as captain, [7:50-8:20] Woodcock talks about Ray Lindwall playing in the 1957-1958 MCC tour of Australia, [8:21-9:11] Woodcock talks about the bowling of Alan Davidson.
Track 7: [0:00-0:35] Woodcock talks about the throwing action of Keith Slater and the throwing issue at that time, [0:36-4:31] Woodcock talks about foot dragging and the change in front-foot no-ball rule, [4:32-7:30] Woodcock talks about being against the use of modern technology in cricket, [7:31-7:35] Blofeld ends the recording.