This blog is sorry to announce the death of Fred Titmus, the England off-spinner, aged 78. Titmus, who was the regular off-spinner / all-rounder in the England side, was involved in an extraordinary accident in 1967, where he lost four toes to the propeller of a motorboat in the West Indies. He returned to county cricket in 1968 and to Test Cricket in 1974. He last played first class cricket in 1982 when, attending a match as a spectator, he was called up suddenly to play, aged 50, and took 3 for 43 to help a victory for Middlesex.
