Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Greatest Of My Time by Trevor Bailey Trevor Bailey. Trevor Edward Bailey , CBE ( December 3, 1923 - February 10, 2011 ) was an English test cricketer , cricket writer and radio commentator. Bailey was an all-rounder with a solid, if unspectacular stroke technique. His extremely defensive style of play earned him the nickname "Barnacle Bailey". According to the subsequently created player world rankings, he was nevertheless the best all-rounder in the world for most of his international career. In his later life, Bailey wrote numerous cricket books and was best known as a member of the commentator team on the BBC 's live radio show Test Match Special , for which he worked for 26 years. contents. Early years. Bailey was born in Westcliff-on-Sea , Essex . His father was an officer in the Admiralty . He attended Alleyn Court Prep School and learned the game of cricket from Denys Wilcox , the former captain of the Essex County Cricket Club , before moving to Dulwich College . In his first year, when he was only 14, he played for the school's first team. He topped his school's rankings for the Batting Average and Bowling Average in 1939 and 1940, and became the school team captain in 1941. In 1942, in his final year at school, he again topped both lists. After graduating from school, he served with the Royal Marines and returned to Alleyn Court Prep School as a teacher after his release in early January 1945. At St John's College, Cambridge , he studied for two years and graduated there in 1948. For the Blues , the university team, Bailey played in 1947 and 1948 in both cricket and football. Career. Cricket. Bailey made his first-class debut in September 1945, at the age of 22, for the team of the "Under 33s" against the "Over 33s" at Lord's Cricket Ground . For his County Essex he played the first match in May 1946. He quickly became a pillar of his team and had his test debut for England against New Zealand in Headingley in June 1949 , where he achieved 6 wickets for 118 runs . He was a right-handed almost-medium bowler , reliable right - handed batsman, and very good outfield player . He played for England in 61 Tests between 1949 and 1959. His swing bowling was an effective complement to the faster Fast Bowling by Alec Bedser , Fred Trueman , Brian Statham and Frank Tyson in later years . He achieved 132 wickets with an average of 29 runs per wicket, achieved a century (134 not out) with a batting average of almost 30 runs per elimination and 32 catches . He was famous for his persistent, defensive striking technique. During the Lord's Test in 1953 England faced a defeat until they wrested a draw in a 4-hour partnership with Willie Watson Australia. In the further course of the test series, England was able to recapture the Ashes . His best bowling performance was 7-34 during the fifth test (1953-54) in Kingston, Jamaica , which he achieved with his outswing bowling on a so-called flat pitch . This enabled England to knock out the West Indies team for 139 in their 1st innings. This enabled England to win this match and draw in the series with two wins each. He played his last test on the Ashes tour to Australia 1958-59. But he personally did not have a successful tour in which he scored the slowest half-century in first-class cricket. His 50 runs took him 5 hours, 57 minutes in England's 2nd innings of the First Test in Brisbane . In his last test in Melbourne , he was eliminated in both innings without having scored a run (a so-called pair ). After that he was never again set up for the English team, but played first-class cricket for Essex for eight years. In 1959, he became the only player after World War II to score at least 2,000 runs and at least 100 wickets in one season. The all-rounder double (1000 runs and 100 wickets in one season) he managed eight times, a post-war record that he shares with Fred Titmus . Additionally, he is one of only three players to have scored 20,000 runs and 2000 wickets since World War II (alongside Fred Titmus and Ray Illingworth ). His first-class career began in 1946 and lasted 21 years, during which he hit 2082 wickets in 682 games, with an average of 23.13. This means that he is still in 25th place on the all-time list of the best in terms of the number of wickets. In Clacton he achieved against Lancashire in 1949 the feat of scoring all 10 wickets (for 90 runs) of an inning. With his 28,641 runs in first-class cricket, he is currently 67th on the all-time list of the best. He was a captain for his County Essex between 1961 and 1966. Between 1955 and 1967 he was also its managing director, which enabled him to earn an income from the sport of cricket, while at the same time he was officially considered an amateur player. In 1950, Bailey was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year . Soccer. He played football for AFC Cambridge University (including 1946 and 1947 in the varsity match against Oxford ), the reserves of Southend United , for Leytonstone FC and Walthamstow Avenue . He was also a member of the Walthamstow Avenue team that won the FA Amateur Cup in 1951-52 . The following season he played in the team that reached the 4th round of the FA Cup . In the game against Manchester United at Old Trafford , the amateurs drew 1-1. Manchester United then won the replay in Highbury 5-2. Author and Commentator. After his first-class career ended in 1967, Bailey played for the Westcliff-on-Sea Cricket Club for many years and became a cricket journalist and commentator. He was a cricket and soccer correspondent for the Financial Times for twenty years. He was a regular guest commentator on the BBC's live radio program Test Match Special for 26 years. His fellow commentator Brian Johnston gave him the nickname The Boil , based on the alleged pronunciation of his name as "Boiley" by Australian fans. Bailey died in a fire in his Westcliff-on-Sea apartment on February 10, 2011. His wife Greta survived the fire. The two have two sons and a daughter. Greatest of My Time. 'The Barnacle' profiles the greatest cricketers of his day. The list includes Keith Miller, Denis Compton, Godfrey Evans, Garfield Sobers, Tom Graveney, and many more. 8vo. 216pp. 16 plates, plus cartoons throughout the text by Roy Ullyett. Dust-wrapper, edges with a few nicks., "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Shipping: � 1.20 Within United Kingdom. Customers who bought this item also bought. Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace. 1. Greatest of My Time. 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