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CB Fry

They always had a problem with cricket being too batting-friendly

Cricket was considered tilted towards batsmen even in 1903.

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The many achievements of Squire Osbaldeston

CB Fry, Drewy Stoddart and others notwithstanding, perhaps the most versatile individual among cricketers was George ‘The Squire’ Osbaldeston.

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Lobsters in Cricket, Part 23: Palairet, Fry, Stoddart, MacLaren — a clutch of famous names, minor lob bowlers and incidents

A striking name in this curious list is that of Lionel Palairet — one of the most elegant batsmen of all time, a stylist to his core. David Foot, the greatest expert on Somerset cricket, called him ‘probably the most stylish batsman to play for the county.’

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116-year old footage of KS Ranjitsinhji, CB Fry playing cricket restored

Donated by cricket historian Glenn Gibson to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), the Kinora reel involves 465 frames running through a span of 19 seconds and ages back to 1901.

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502 to win: The glory of the Golden Age

The period between 1890 and 1914 was like any other era, with almost the same mix of dashing daredevilry with the bat and methodically precise stonewalling.

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Myth busting – Ranji, CB Fry, Sussex and the fertile mind of Neville Cardus

The ones who look at the lines of Cardus with scientific scrutiny often find glaring factual flaws.

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CB Fry – a look at the great cricketer as a football strategist

He was a cricket captain, football international, the world record holder for long jump and a classical scholar.

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Oldest living Test cricketers

With Mantri’s sad demise, Punjabi becomes India’s oldest surviving Test cricketer.

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South Africa vs Australia, Past encounters – Part 1 of 7

On their way back from England in 1902-03, the Australians docked in South Africa to play Test series.

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Playing the Game: A novel on KS Ranjitsinhji by Dutch author Ian Buruma

Ian Buruma’s ‘Playing the Game’ is a novel on the life of KS Ranjitsinhji.

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