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Geoff Boycott: a Cricketing Hero Leo McKinstry Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero «HarperCollins» McKinstry L. Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero / L. McKinstry — «HarperCollins», Few modern British sportsmen have fascinated the public more than Geoff Boycott. In this first comprehensive and balanced account of Boycott’s life – fully updated to include his battle against cancer – award-winning author Leo McKinstry lifts the lid on one of cricket’s great enigmatic characters.A record-breaking Test cricketer and acerbic commentator, Geoff Boycott has never been far away from controversy during his long career in the game.Based on meticulous research and interviews with a host of players, Test captains, officials, broadcasters, friends and enemies, this definitive biography cuts through the Boycott myth to expose the truth about this charismatic, single-minded and often exasperating personality.What was Boycott like as a schoolboy? How did his England cricket colleagues such as Graham Gooch, Dennis Amiss and Brian Close feel about him as a person? Why was he so unpopular in his early career for Yorkshire? And what is the real truth about the relationships that soured his private world?From his upbringing as a miner’s son in a Yorkshire village, through highlights like his hundredth century at Headingley against Australia, to the low points such as the damaging court case in France, this warts-and-all account of his life makes for captivating reading. © McKinstry L. © HarperCollins L. McKinstry. «Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero» Содержание Geoff Boycott 6 Leo McKinstry 7 Table of Contents 8 Preface and Acknowledgements 9 1 A Contradictory Personality 11 2 ‘A Very Quiet Boy’ 15 3 ‘Dedicated Absolutely to Cricket’ 23 4 A Late Developer 28 5 Proving Them All Wrong 34 6 An Ideal Temperament 39 7 ‘Why the Hell Didn’t He Do That Before?’ 46 8 ‘A Great Score, in Anyone’s Language’ 51 9 ‘So That’s What You’ve Been Up To’ 55 Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. 57 4 L. McKinstry. «Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero» 5 L. McKinstry. «Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero» Geoff Boycott A Cricketing Hero 6 L. McKinstry. «Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero» Leo McKinstry This book is dedicated to David Robertson, another great Yorkshireman 7 L. McKinstry. «Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero» Table of Contents Cover Page Title Page Preface and Acknowledgements 1 A Contradictory Personality 2 ‘A Very Quiet Boy’ 3 ‘Dedicated Absolutely to Cricket’ 4 A Late Developer 5 Proving Them All Wrong 6 An Ideal Temperament 7 ‘Why the Hell Didn’t He Do That Before?’ 8 ‘A Great Score, in Anyone’s Language’ 9 ‘So That’s What You’ve Been Up To’ 10 Disciple of Hobbs 11 Master of His Own Destiny 12 A Question of Captaincy 13 ‘The Worst Win for English Cricket’ 14 ‘I Just Want to Play for Yorkshire’ 15 Achieving the Impossible Dream 16 ‘Go and Run the Bugger Out’ 17 The Worst Months of My Life’ 18 Return of the Master 19 Constructing the Image 20 ‘Look, Ma, Top of the World’ 21 Boycottshire 22 The End of an Era 23 A New Beginning 24 ‘Just a Dad’ 25 Before the Fall 26 En Grasse 27 To Hell and Back Statistical Appendix Bibliography Index About the Author Praise Also by Leo McKinstry Copyright About the Publisher 8 L. McKinstry. «Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero» Preface and Acknowledgements Geoffrey Boycott has been a presence in my life since I first fell in love with cricket as a Belfast schoolboy in the early seventies. For me, his appeal lies in the way he embodies a heroic ideal. His struggles to overcome the social disadvantages of his background, the limitations in his natural talent and the contradictions in his own nature are almost epic. He set himself a goal, to become one of the greatest batsmen in the world, and in the face of numerous obstacles – many of his own making – he ultimately achieved it. His story is, rightly, the stuff of legends. Like most heroic tales, however, accounts of his life have always varied in the telling. It has therefore been my aim to look beyond much of the mythology that surrounds Boycott and build a more balanced and realistic portrait. Using extensive research and interviews with Boycott’s colleagues, friends and family, I tried to provide a deeper understanding of this flawed but compelling sporting personality. In particular, I have sought to place Boycott in a wider context than just that of Yorkshire cricket, the subject that dominated the two previous – and partisan – biographies of Boycott, one (the pro-Boycott version) by Yorkshire Evening Post journalist John Callaghan, published in 1982, and the other (the anti-Boycott version) written by the late Don Mosey, published in 1985. ‘Only a Yorkshireman can properly comprehend the character and characteristics which have given the Boycott story its unique place in the history of English cricket,’ Mosey wrote. If that were true, then I, as an Ulsterman living in Essex, have laboured in vain. Yet I believe that this robust view has been part of the problem of interpreting the Boycott phenomenon. By focusing narrowly on Yorkshire, such an approach ignores the truth that Boycott has always been much more than a Yorkshire cricketer. He has also been one of the all-time greats of Test cricket, an England captain, a brilliant coach, a widely read columnist, an iconic broadcaster, and an international celebrity. Despite my admiration for Boycott, this is not, in any sense, an authorized biography. Boycott politely refused my requests for an interview, though I must record my thanks to him for his assistance in checking facts and in expediting interviews with several of his friends. In the foreword to his 1985 book, Don Mosey wrote of a ‘conspiracy of silence’ from Boycott’s supporters. I am grateful to say that I encountered no such difficulty. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all those many first-class and Test cricketers who generously gave me the benefit of their views: Dennis Amiss, Geoff Arnold, Mike Atherton, Bill Athey, Chris Balderstone, Jack Bannister, Bob Barber, Jack Birkenshaw, ‘Dickie’ Bird, Chris Broad, David Brown, Alan Butcher, Rodney Cass, Brian Close, Howard Cooper, Colin Cowdrey, Andrew Dalton, Mike Denness, Ted Dexter, Keith Fletcher, Norman Gifford, Graham Gooch, David Gower, Tony Greig, Tom Graveney, Frank Hayes, Simon Hughes, Robin Jackman, Paul Jarvis, Peter Kippax, John Lever, Peter Lever, Tony Lewis, David Lloyd, Brian Luckhurst, Richard Lumb, Mark Nicholas, Jim Parks, Pat Pocock, Graham Roope, Kevin Sharp, Mike Smedley, M.J.K. Smith, Robin Smith, Don Shepherd, Ken Taylor, Bernie Thomas, Derek Underwood, Peter Willey, Don Wilson. Apart from ex-cricketers, many other figures in the media also contributed, as follows: Peter Baxter, Dave Bowden, Max Clifford, Charles Colvile, John Etheridge, Gary Francis, Alan Griffiths, Kelvin MacKenzie, Steve Pierson and Bill Sinrich, plus some who wished to remain nameless. I would also like to thank the members of Boycott’s circle of friends and family who assisted with this project: Philip Ackroyd, Peter Boycott, Peter Briggs, John Callaghan, Alice Harratt, Ted Lester, Lord MacLaurin, Albert Speight, Rachael Swinglehurst, Tony Vann, and Shirley Western. Invaluable memories of Boycott’s youth and schooldays were provided by: Des Barrick, Bernard Conway, Bernard Crapper, Eddie Hambleton, Arthur Hollingsworth, Roland Howcroft, Peter Jordan, Terry McCroakham, Terry Newitt, Ken Sale, and Dudley Taylor. I am particularly appreciative of the help that George Hepworth and Malcolm Tate gave me. My many requests for advice and 9 L. McKinstry. «Geoff Boycott: A Cricketing Hero» information were always treated with the greatest courtesy. In addition, Sid Fielden showed me the kindest hospitality during a day’s visit to Headingley. Others who kindly provided assistance and interviews were: Sarah Cook, Alf Evans, Mike Fatkin, Martin Gray, Nigel Grimes, Keith Hayhurst, Councillor Brian Hazell, Brian Holling, Doug Lloyd, Eric Loxton, Keith Rogers, Keith Stevenson and Barrie Wathen. I am grateful to the staff at the Daily Mail, the Yorkshire Post, and the Westminster Reference Library for helping with newspaper research. Chris Dancy in the BBC archives and Stephen Green at the MCC Library were generous with their time, while Brooke Sinclair and James Perry provided a host of unique insights. The first edition of this book would not have been possible without the backing of the excellent staff at the Partridge Press, especially Patrick Jenson-Smith, Alison Barrow, Katrina Whone, Sheila Lee and Elizabeth Dobson. I was also privileged to have as an editor Adam Sisman, a distinguished, award- winning author in his own right. For this edition, I am grateful to Michael Doggart, Tom Whiting, and the rest of the team at HarperCollins. Thanks also to Paul Dyson for his excellent and original statistical appendix, and to David Hooper for his legal advice. Finally I would like to thank my wife Elizabeth for her wise counsel and wonderful support during the long months in which Boycs appeared to dominate my every waking thought. A NOTE ON NOMENCLATURE: Geoffrey Boycott is universally known throughout the cricket world as ‘Boycs’, though this is occasionally spelt ‘Boyks’ or even, in Mike Gatting’s autobiography, ‘Boyx’. His other main nickname has been ‘Fiery’, which Boycott says was first used during the South African tour of 1964/65 and is a contraction of ‘Geof-fiery’. It was coined, he believes, because he came from the same county as ‘Fiery’ Fred Trueman, though many have maintained that it referred ironically to his dour batting and public demeanour, just as Chris Tavare was known as ‘Rowdy’. Alternatively, others have said it reflects his quick tongue and temper. The name was generally only used by fellow Test cricketers and never had much currency in Yorkshire.
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