Background
He was born at Longparish, Hampshire, where he still lives, and was dubbed "the Sage of Longparish" by Alan Gibson.
He was born at Longparish, Hampshire, where he still lives, and was dubbed "the Sage of Longparish" by Alan Gibson.
Trinity College.
He is a co-author of the Longparish Village Handbook. He went on the England tour of Australia in 1950-1951 as a newsreel cameraman for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He subsequently worked for the Manchester Guardian for a couple of years. He was cricket correspondent of The Times from 1954 to 1988 and editor of Wisden Cricketer"s Almanack for six years from 1981 until 1986.
He has attended more than 400 Tests.
He was President of the Cricket Writers" Club from 1986-2004, having been chairman in 1966. Unlike other notable cricket journalists such as John Arlott and East.W. Swanton, little of his writing is available in book form.
He did, however, write The Times One Hundred Greatest Cricketers, Macmillan, 1998.