1 CD, A C Smith, cricketer, interviewed by Alastair Lack The CD consists of 1 track.
Track 1: [0:00-0:04] Lack tests the equipment and microphone noises, [0:05-2:10] Smith talks about attending and playing cricket at King Edward's School in Birmingham, [2:11-3:27] Smith talks about improving his cricket whilst playing in the army, befriending the rugby player Ken Scotland and being made an opening bowler, [3:28-4:00] Smith talks about reverting back to a wicket-keeper at Oxford University, [4:01-6:53] Smith talks about being elected captain of Oxford University and being a great team, [6:54-7:15] Smith talks about his academic career at Oxford, [7:16-8:19] Smith talks about playing football at Oxford University and immediately getting into the Warwickshire side, [8:20-10:07] Smith talks about playing as an amateur and getting a job in an advertising agency.
[10:08-10:41] Smith talks about getting paid after the abolishment of amateurism, [10:42-11:13] Smith talks about being vice-captain at Warwickshire and filling in as captain when Mike Smith was not playing, [11:14-13:40] Smith talks about the amount of travelling in county cricket and tells a story how we was late for a match the team's kit, [13:41-14:35] Smith talks about David Brown telling him they were lucky to have played when they did and playing up until the age of 38, [14:36-19:59] Smith talks about being on the 1962-1963 MCC tour to Australia and the tour programme.
[20:00-21:31] Smith talks about the experience of being one of 4 amateurs on the 1962-1963 tour, [21:32-22:33] Smith compares Australia and New Zealand, [22:34-23:26] Smith talks about captaining the 1964-1965 MCC team to South America, [23:27-24:58] Smith talks about going on an MCC tour to Canada and USA and being a player manager on a MCC tour to far-east Asia and enjoying touring, [24:59-26:02] Smith talks about becoming an England selector in 1969 and being friends with Alec Bedser including being his assistant manager on the 1974-1975 MCC tour to Australia, [26:03-28:13] Smith talks about selecting Ray Illingworth as England captain and Illingworth's captaincy style, [28:14-29:52] Smith talks about his time as Warwickshire's captain.
[29:53-33:44] Smith talks about getting 4 West Indians to play for Warwickshire when only 2 overseas players were allowed and Rohan Kanhai, [33:45-35:50] Smith talks about Lance Gibbs, [35:51-38:06] Smith talks about signing Bob Willis, winning the County Championship in 1972 and playing with 5 bowlers including himself, [38:07-38:57] Smith talks about Warwickshire nearly winning the County Championship in 1971, [38:58-39:41] Smith talks about Warwickshire winning the 1972 County Championship, [39:42-40:22] Smith talks about his last 2 years as Warwickshire captain.
[40:23-41:07] Smith talks about becoming a director of Aston Villa Football Club, [41:08-43:53] Smith talks about being a forward thinking cricket administrator, introducing advertising signs at Edgbaston and need for commercialisation for clubs to survive, [43:54-48:29] Smith talks about being the first chief-executive of the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) and making the TCCB more commercial, [48:30-49:34] Smith talks about MCC becoming more commercial, [49:35-55:09] Smith talks about being in favour of 4-day cricket, 2 divisions in county cricket and central contracts as TCCB chief-executive and his main aim being supporting Test Match cricket, [55:10-56:14 Smith talks about Hampshire's cricket ground situation and Durham building itself a new county cricket ground, [56:15-1:01:01] Smith talks about the best cricketers he has seen.