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  1. Posted

    10 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    He is not the only one left. Boycott played in that match for start. 

    I suspect there are more alive than deceased from that match as Knott & Underwood are both still alive & probably played.

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    Illingworth is the last survivor from the very first edition of Question of Sport. However, one report last night stated that he was the last survivor of the very first cricket one-day international in 1971 - totally implausible that the other 21 players had all died in the last 50 years!! Illingworth & Boycott (also had cancer issues) are the last 2 survivors of the Yorkshire Four - Close, Trueman, Boycott & Illingworth.  

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    15 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

     

    Judy is older than Richard and he is now more frequently seen without her. I got the impression she had had a number of health issues in the past and was not doing 'brilliantly'

    The 'official' line is that she is concentrating on being an author whereas he feels he has more to offer as a presenter!

     

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    3 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

    Richard Madeley taken to hospital from I'm A Celebrity set. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-im-celebritys-richard-madeley-25543062

    Apparently he had been swimming in fish guts & may have swallowed some! According to social media his ambulance took a few minutes rather than the Welsh average of 4 hours! What a pointless programme, pointless activity & pointless 'personality'. In years to come people will find it amazing such drivel was on our screens.

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  7. Posted

    1 hour ago, Luca@1996 said:

    Obviously not in 1700, but in the 1700's. To be precise in 1792.

    Margaret Ann Neve who lived on Guernsey met a French general who was born in 1739 so a span of nearly 300 years from the general to Kane Tanaka. (via Neve)

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  8. Posted

    Unlike the good-natured joshing of Des O'Connor by Morecambe & Wise ( eg Deaf O'Connor, etc), the jokes at Blair's expense by Humphrey Littelton were personally very upsetting to Blair. When Littlelton died in 2008, Blair began using this statement whenever he was asked about Littelton. "I was told to only speak good of the dead. Littelton is dead. Good."

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  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

    Good to see that mouthy irritating cunt Michael Vaughan ensnared by Yorkshiregate. Always giving it out in print and on radio, let’s see how he can take it.

     

    God's Own County, but no Blacks or Asians please. Boycott, Parky, Trueman, Bird, Illingworth and all the other professional Yorkshiremen - go fuck yourselves. 

    Trueman died 15 years ago in 2006 but the others you mention are still alive in varying degrees of health. Illingworth is the last surviving  panellist from the very first edition of Question of Sport which probably deserves its own thread unless there already is one.

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  11. Posted

    Eileen Ash is now in the equivalent of the 'nervous nineties' as a batter approaches his/her century. She is only 2 days away from becoming a supercentenarian (110) & as reported before was exactly a week short of her 4th birthday when W G Grace died in 1915. In his time Grace was reportedly the 3rd most famous person in the British Empire after Queen Victoria & Gladstone.

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  12. Posted

    20 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    Telegraph obit. A really great read if you have a subscrip.

    According to one obituary he was a close friend of Prince Philip - quite possibly in Philip's final years he was the only close acquaintance who was actually older than Philip. (Unless Philip's reported cricket interests meant he was a friend of Eileen Ash who will be 110  (not 100 as printed earlier)later this month.)

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    Two names that rarely crop up are the actress Valerie Ashton (93) who was the third & last wife of Sid James who died 45 years ago in 1976 aged only 62 (but looking at least that age since he was 40). The other is Alvin Rakoff (94) who gave Sean Connery his first major acting role which was opposite Rakoff's girlfriend & later wife Jacqueline Hill. Jacqueline who died in 1993 aged only 63 was one of the initial 3 companions of Doctor Who in 1963 and played a history teacher called Barbara.

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  14. Posted

    Clifford Rose (92 in October 2021) is in poor health & his family have appealed for financial asistance to keep him in Denville Hall. He is probably best known for his chilling portrayal of the Nazi Kessler in Secret Army & the spin-off Kessler which featured his life in South America after WW2.

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  15. Posted

    3 and a half weeks before Eileen Ash is 110. If she makes it, she will beat the oldest male cricketer (John Manners) by 5 years. She is the only international cricketer (probably the only person alive to ever touch a cricket bat pre WW1) that has overlapped the life of W G Grace. (1848-1915). Grace of course overlapped the well-known (in his day) cricketer George Brown (1787-1853).

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  18. Posted

    Geoffrey Chater (100) {Foyle's War etc}, William Russell (96) {Sir Lancelot, Dr Who - an original companion in 1963}, Robert Fyffe (96) {The Last of the Summer Wine}, Pete Murray (96 on 25/9) { best known as a DJ but occasional appearances elsewhere} all worth considering for next year.

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  19. Posted

    13 hours ago, Deathrace said:

    As you mention him, Ray Illingworth isn't a bad shout either for 2022. 

    I read that Illingworth is the only survivor of the very first Question of Sport filmed many decades ago. There's been a lot of publicity about the show this week as there is a new presenter to replace Sue Barker & also new team captains. The 'cosy club' is no more - one red top says it was a nice little earner for them as the 3 of them would go round the country with the show.

  20. Posted · Edited by The Watcher
    Incorrect name of region of London

    On 07/09/2021 at 18:25, Cerberus said:

    The point is well made though - Harvey in 1950s Australia was at least as famous a sportsman as George Best, say, in 1970s Britain. Definitely 2022-worthy. 

    Definitely. Harvey was as famous in his era as Keith Miller & Richie Benaud were. Miller is remembered probably as he was more extrovert (like Botham, Grace, Stokes) & Benaud for his second career as a commentator in both England & Australia. Benaud seemed to work for whatever channel was televising the cricket & he married the amanuensis (not a euphemism!) of E W Swanton - a legendary cricket writer who was known for his snobbishness. He was born in Catford

     but said it was Forest Hill & was so pompous that Ray Illingworth said he was too much of a snob to ride in the same car as his chauffeur!!

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  21. Posted

    17 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    Chandorkar dead at 101 according to Wiki. Can anyone find a source?

     

    Who is the world’s oldest first-class cricketer now?

    Alastair McAllister (b 19 Dec 1920) is now the world's oldest living first class cricketer. A mere youngster comapred to Eileen Ash who will be 110 next month. 

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  22. Posted

    6 hours ago, Lafaucheuse said:

    Well I contacted a descendant of him (from his mother side) : he has no recollection of him because it’s a distant relative but he seemed to believe he could have died this year. He hasn’t close relatives not descendant from What I found. I don’t know What to do next... I found his family tree which states that he died at 188 but that’s all...

    You obviously meant 118 but still a mystery.

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  24. Posted

    On 19/07/2021 at 00:31, YoungWillz said:

    Felicity Kendal and Robert Lindsay starring in a stage production of Anything Goes (pics): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9710343/Felicity-Kendal-74-displays-impressive-flexibility-rehearsals-London-show.html

     

    Now I've done that show, and I am guessing they are not playing the young leads - because if they are, I want the cast list of the other characters who should be nearing their nineties!

     

    Amazing how really truly rough they look, compared with the mocked up picture promoting the show. That says nothing about their health, but Flic in particular I personally think looks older than her age.

    Certainly untouched photos reveal a different tale to the airbrushed publicity stills. Only this week 'natural' photos of Joan Collins, Kate Garraway & Louise Mitchin have been in the press & they certainly look their real age whereas Joan passes normally for 65ish, Kate for 40ish & Louise for 35ish.

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