England’s bravest cricketer Brian Close considered ‘doing away with myself’
Total is the difference between the way England’s young cricketers used to be treated and the way they are kid-gloved ...
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Brian Close: Remembering Yorkshire CCC 's daring, defiant and daft hero
WINNER: Yorkshire captain Brian Close holds the Gillette Cup trophy ... and then batting for dear life against Michael Holding at Old Trafford in 1976, when, at the age of 45, he was recalled ...
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Brian Close, England's youngest Test cricketer, dies at 84
England's youngest Test cricketer skipper Brian Close died at the age of 84 on ... nasty spells of bowling from West Indian pacers - Michael Holding, Andy Roberts and Wayne Daniel - without ...