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Jul 2013
2:15pm, 17 Jul 2013
2,006 posts
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Dooogs
That makes more sense – I’d misread previously that Blowers Jr was the inspiration for Fleming’s Blofeld, and I was always confused by the age disparity between Fleming and Blowers…
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Jul 2013
2:25pm, 17 Jul 2013
2,302 posts
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Wobbling
Fleming said he thought Blofeld was the most evil sounding name he'd ever heard. Blowers is many things but I don't think evil one of them, my dear old thing.
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Jul 2013
2:27pm, 17 Jul 2013
15,721 posts
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HellsBells
he was in dictionary corner when my mum was on Countdown, a genuinely nice chap
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Jul 2013
2:34pm, 17 Jul 2013
909 posts
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Zorba
The gravamen of the Times article was that Wodehouse named Jeeves after Percy Jeeves , who played for Warwickshire before he was killed in action in 1916..
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Jul 2013
3:41pm, 17 Jul 2013
4,602 posts
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Wriggling Snake
do you know Blowers' backstory? he was a brillaint cricketer at School, posh school that is, and got his by abus on his bicycle. he then still managed to play for Cambridge, but was not the player he was before the accident.
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Jul 2013
8:10am, 18 Jul 2013
989 posts
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Goofee
Morning everyone. What a lovely day for a test match 
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Jul 2013
10:10am, 18 Jul 2013
2,199 posts
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Musical Journey
Big decision for Cook today...to pick Finn or not to pick Finn, that is the question? It's Finn's home ground and his record there is good, but his form was so poor at Trent Bridge and the Aussies really smacked him around. I'd opt for Bresnan as he's also capable of adding a few runs...
Looking forward to another rollercoaster test match
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Jul 2013
10:17am, 18 Jul 2013
2,312 posts
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Wobbling
Bres hasn't been that impressive with the ball of late tho. It's a difficult call, but I'd stick with Finn, if only because he tends to perform well at Lords.
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Jul 2013
10:21am, 18 Jul 2013
910 posts
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Zorba
Why oh why does it have to be scheduled to clash with the Open ....?
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Jul 2013
10:41am, 18 Jul 2013
7,704 posts
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TRO Saracen
Bresnan in, Finn out.
Good tossing from Cook, and we bat. Let's not have any of this rollercoaster test malarkey. Grind them out of the test by batting for 2 days at 3 runs an over.
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