English journalist, author, and cricket commentator
John Arlott
OBE
Arlott in a post-war posed BBC shot in 1952
Born
Leslie Thomas John Arlott
(1914-02-25)25 February 1914
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Died
14 December 1991(1991-12-14) (aged 77)
Alderney, Channel Islands
Education
Queen Mary's Grammar School
Occupation(s)
Journalist and commentator
Years active
1946–1980
Employer(s)
BBC, The Guardian
Known for
Cricket commentator for Test Match Special, writer and wine connoisseur
Spouses
Dawn Rees
(m. 1940; div. 1958)
Valerie France
(m. 1959; died 1976)
Patricia Hoare
(m. 1977)
Children
3
Leslie Thomas John Arlott, OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he became a cricket commentator noted for his "wonderful gift for evoking cricketing moments" by the BBC.[1]
^"John Arlott, Legend of Test Match Special". BBC News Online. BBC. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
Leslie Thomas JohnArlott, OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match...
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commented of him that "Boycott, in short, walks alone", while cricket writer JohnArlott wrote that Boycott had a "lonely" career. Others have said that the extent...
Almanack. London: John Wisden & Co. 1911. Retrieved 10 April 2012. McKinstry, p. 119. Arlott, p. 58. Mason, p. 76. McKinstry, p. 120. Arlott, p. 59. McKinstry...
also called the "best fielder in the world" of his time by commentator JohnArlott and former England captain and contemporary, Ted Dexter. Mansur Ali Khan...
Year at the same time. The winning player is awarded the JohnArlott Cup, named after JohnArlott, a cricket journalist and commentator. The award is presented...
JohnArlott, in providing "an unusual perspective" to the commentary box. Norcross was educated at Dulwich College, and studied classics at St John's...
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1950, p. 582. Arlott, pp. 21–22. Arlott, p. 21. Arlott, p. 25. Arlott, pp. 26–27. Arlott, p. 27. Webber, pp. 82–83. Playfair Cricket...
Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup. JohnArlott called him "a cricketer of effect rather than the graces". An animated...
its publication by Hutchinson Beyond a Boundary was well received, and JohnArlott wrote in Wisden: "1963 has been marked by the publication of a cricket...
This is a list of writers about the sport of cricket. JohnArlott Philip Bailey Brian Bassano Richie Benaud Rahul Bhattacharya Lawrence Booth Dick Brittenden...
Retrieved 26 July 2019. Arlott, John (1984). Arlott on Cricket. Willow Books. Arlott, John (1971). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. John Wisden & Co. Cardus,...
his cricket and his way of life". Farokh – The Cricketing Cavalier by JohnArlott In 1968, when English cricket allowed its county clubs to sign overseas...
run-up with a backward step before a loping approach to the wicket which JohnArlott likened to "Groucho Marx chasing a pretty waitress". Retiring from cricket...
but also as "spikily controversial and vigorously wide-ranging". In JohnArlott's review of the book for Wisden, he commented that it was "unique in my...
An audio history of the first hundred years of the Ashes, narrated by JohnArlott Cricinfo's Ashes website The Origin of the Ashes – Rex Harcourt Listen...
Ashley-Cooper, H. T. Waghorn, G. B. Buckley, H. S. Altham, Roy Webber, JohnArlott, Bill Frindall, the ACS and various internet sites (see Historical sources)...
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