This blog mourns the loss of Trevor Bailey, the England and Essex all rounder, who has died aged 87. He jointly held the record for the most years in which he scored 1,000 runs and took 100 wickets. Known as 'Barnacle Bailey' he wsa a very difficult batsman to get out, albeit not terribly exciting to watch. He played in 61 Test Maches, the last being in 1959. I think he still holds the record for the slowest 50 in First Class Cricket - a bit short of 6 hours.
After he retired from cricket he became one of the celebrated Test Match Special commentators. I was at Buckingham Palace when he got his OBE. We had all been told on no account to applaud when someone was called up to Her Majesty, but everyone clapped when Trevor Bailey's name was called.
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