Vic Wilson interviewed by Ahmer Khokhar

Reference

AV/4/18

Date:

2001

Level of description

item

Extent

1 cassette: 1 side, total time 20 minutes 3 seconds

Part of

Audio Cassettes (AV/4)

Scope and Content

Cassette recording of an interview with Vic Wilson conducted by Ahmer Khokhar. The recording consists of one side of a cassette.

[0:00-0:25] Wilson talks about Maurice Leyland, [0:25-0:50] Wilson talks about learning to bat rather than bowl and the school he was educated at, [0:50-3:10] Wilson talks about making his debut for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, and not being selected to play for England despite being chosen as twelfth man for the MCC tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1954-1955, [3:10-4:00] Wilson talks about his most memorable innings for Yorkshire against Lancashire in 1954 when he made a century, [4:00-4:40] Wilson talks about the difference in quality of spin bowling between when he played to in 2001, [4:40-6:50] Wilson talks about his disappointment of not being able to play one-day cricket and retiring the year before one-day cricket started, and his thoughts on whether one-day cricket would ever usurp Test cricket, [6:50-7:30] Wilson talks about the difficult moments he faced in cricket and how he dealt with them, [7:30-8:30] Wilson talks about the highlights of his career including being selected for the MCC tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1954-1955 and being asked to captain Yorkshire in 1960, [8:30-11:25] Wilson talks about playing for Yorkshire in front of big crowds and not being critical of the modern game unlike his contemporaries, and whether he would have liked to have played in modern cricket, [11:25-14:30] Wilson talks about working on his farm after retiring from cricket, and the difficulties in the farming industry including the foot and mouth outbreak, [14:30-15:20] Wilson talks about how he would like people to remember him both as a cricketer and a person, [15:20-15:40] Wilson tells Khokhar what he thinks of Khokhar's car parking skills.

The last five minutes of the recording are a repeat of the recording from [10:00-15:00].

Associations

John Victor Wilson
Ahmer Khokhar
Maurice Leyland
Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Subject

MCC in Australia 1954-1955, MCC in New Zealand 1954-1955, farming, spin bowling, one-day cricket

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English, 6574, , , , , , , , ,

Size

1 cassette: 1 side, total time 20 minutes 3 seconds

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