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Thread: Bob Willis RIP
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04-12-2019 03:19 PM #1
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Bob Willis RIP
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04-12-2019 03:30 PM #2
That's a great shame, spent many a rainy school summer holiday day in the 80s watching him, Beefy etc.
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04-12-2019 04:07 PM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Edit: Just noticed Hutchy's reference to school hols....I was obviously past that phase by 1981!Last edited by Hiber-nation; 05-12-2019 at 11:53 AM.
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04-12-2019 04:43 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What a head of steam he got up, What a head of hair!
70 is no age. :-(
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04-12-2019 05:40 PM #5
Really sad to hear this, he was a great bowler and a tremendous pundit. There can’t be many bowlers ever to be made captain of England.
United we stand here....
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04-12-2019 06:05 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Ray Illingworth captained England for a spell back in his day, though he was a spinner.
I think there is definitely a pervading mindset in Test cricket that your skipper should be continuously in the slips or at worst relatively close in and square on the off side to get the best view of the action. It also helps when making decisions to review, if the skip is right there at the stumps.
That predicates it to being a batsman and also smooths over the potential issue of a captain over-bowling themselves as they feel responsible for their team’s plight.
Anyway, RIP Bob Willis. From the tributes I have heard today it sounds like he had a rich range of interests outwith cricket and as a commentator he wasn’t afraid to be trenchant.There's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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05-12-2019 10:30 AM #7
Real shame. He had that dry, grumpy persona on telly but was very happy to laugh at himself too.
Rip Bob.
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05-12-2019 03:41 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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05-12-2019 03:45 PM #9
Great to see him steaming in back in the days when cricketers were characters.
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