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Post by superowl3 Tue 3 Nov - 2:24:29

heres 3 to start off with:SIR LEN HUTTON,FREDDIE TRUEMAN,BRIAN CLOSE. Very Happy
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Post by Shem_Swfc Tue 3 Nov - 6:10:03

Tendulkar, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan.....
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Post by yorkie64red Tue 3 Nov - 6:15:05

Shem_Swfc wrote:Tendulkar, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan.....






Good yorkshire names them Shem... greatest yorkshire cricketers Icon_smile
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Post by Shem_Swfc Tue 3 Nov - 6:19:44

I thought he ment Greatest cricketers to play for Yorkshire? scratch
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Post by The Wednesday Tue 3 Nov - 23:49:46

Matthew Hoggard?
Michael Vaughan?
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Post by Shem_Swfc Wed 4 Nov - 5:09:38

Michael Vaughan is a Wednesdayite i think, and i met him last year in Whitby... nice person he is lol!
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Post by The Wednesday Wed 4 Nov - 6:43:20

Shem_Swfc wrote:Michael Vaughan is a Wednesdayite i think, and i met him last year in Whitby... nice person he is lol!

Yeah he is a Wednesdayite.

Never met him myself but he seems pretty decent on interviews. I need to buy his book greatest yorkshire cricketers 4
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Post by thornabyred Wed 4 Nov - 7:33:32

Boyks
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Post by hoolahoop Wed 4 Nov - 21:08:37

thornabyred wrote:Boyks
Got to be Freddie Trueman for me, he epitomises the grit and power that us great Yorkshiremen have, coupled with the driest sense of humour endemic in the region.
Having said that , the humour and grit is there for all to see in the other players mentioned and the pure stubbornness that is in our genes.
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Post by Captain Cook Wed 4 Nov - 22:31:01

Geoff Boycott is an obvious one for someone of my Generation.

Also Freddie Trueman will get plenty of votes but i would like everyone to remember some of the others of a great era:

Jack Hampshire
Phil Sharp
Jimmy Binks
Brian Close
Don Wilson


All legends and all Yorkshire men.

Not forgetting Boro's own
Chris Old
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Post by hoolahoop Fri 6 Nov - 8:04:53

Captain Cook wrote:Geoff Boycott is an obvious one for someone of my Generation.

Also Freddie Trueman will get plenty of votes but i would like everyone to remember some of the others of a great era:

Jack Hampshire
Phil Sharp
Jimmy Binks
Brian Close
Don Wilson


All legends and all Yorkshire men.

Not forgetting Boro's own
Chris Old

There's not many there that you would choose to cross physically and certainly not verbally. Smile Smile
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Post by thornabyred Fri 6 Nov - 19:11:57

Went to the same school as Chris and Alan Old. Chris was a couple of years above me.
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Post by Captain Cook Fri 6 Nov - 21:29:13

Was that Acklam Hall school?

I think Alan Old went on to be a teacher there.

Good fly half for Boro sheffield and England.
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Post by superowl3 Mon 18 Jan - 8:31:45

modern era greats who i would also consider:Darren Gough,Michael Vaughn,Matthew Hoggard Anthony Mcgrath and Martin Moxon.
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Post by East Yorks Rover Mon 18 Jan - 10:38:32

My Dad always used to talk about Bill Bowes and how good he was. Boycott for all his faults was a brilliant technical cricketer but Jack Hampshire was a flair batsman, two very good keepers as well David Bairstow and Richard Blakey.
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Post by hoolahoop Tue 19 Jan - 9:04:58

East Yorks Rover wrote:My Dad always used to talk about Bill Bowes and how good he was. Boycott for all his faults was a brilliant technical cricketer but Jack Hampshire was a flair batsman, two very good keepers as well David Bairstow and Richard Blakey.

Just prior to my era (and that of Boycott) was Brian Close a great technical player and somebody that NOBODY would cross! affraid affraid
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Post by East Yorks Rover Tue 19 Jan - 11:22:54

I remember watching in the days of black and white tv, a Yorkshire match with Close fielding at short leg. The batsman got one down leg side and took a massive swing and caught the ball just right and it smashed into Brian Close's leg. He just stooped down, picked the ball up and looked at the batsman and threw it back to the bowler. A few minutes later they went back and showed a closer picture of Close's leg, there was a large bloody patch on his trousers and the blood was trickling onto his boots. He never even flinched. It must intimidate you to have a bloke as hard as that standing right behind you all the time. Great cricketer.
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Post by hoolahoop Wed 20 Jan - 10:01:01

East Yorks Rover wrote:I remember watching in the days of black and white tv, a Yorkshire match with Close fielding at short leg. The batsman got one down leg side and took a massive swing and caught the ball just right and it smashed into Brian Close's leg. He just stooped down, picked the ball up and looked at the batsman and threw it back to the bowler. A few minutes later they went back and showed a closer picture of Close's leg, there was a large bloody patch on his trousers and the blood was trickling onto his boots. He never even flinched. It must intimidate you to have a bloke as hard as that standing right behind you all the time. Great cricketer.

To me he represents the archetypal, hard as nails , no-nonsense , gritty Yorkshire sportsman. Eeee lad they mek 'em tough in't Dales thar nose.
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Post by superowl3 Wed 16 Jun - 22:01:51

what about johnny Wardle and norman yardley then?
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Post by hoolahoop Thu 17 Jun - 0:13:17

superowl3 wrote:what about johnny Wardle and norman yardley then?

Both were as hard as nails but imo you would need both together to have had a fair scrap with Close. Laughing Laughing Laughing
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Post by diggerman Thu 17 Jun - 8:55:34

Captain Cook wrote:Was that Acklam Hall school?

I think Alan Old went on to be a teacher there.

Good fly half for Boro sheffield and England.

I used to work on the grounds at that school (amongst others) when it was "kings manor"
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Post by LEEDSLAD/03/01/2010 Sat 19 Jun - 20:22:58

Suprised Botham dint get a mention

Proper hope Rashid can get back to his best
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Post by hoolahoop Sun 20 Jun - 8:11:11

LEEDSLAD/03/01/2010 wrote:Suprised Botham dint get a mention

Proper hope Rashid can get back to his best

Brian Close would have whupped Beefy's arse fella, having said that Botham was a fabulous cricketer too. Laughing
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