Reverse Swept Radio 152: Root’s resignation, the Sir Walter Lawrence Trophy, and the Hollywood Cricket Club
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THE TEN MINUTE FORTNIGHT: all change at the top for English cricket
"Many of us fans are attracted to the idea of the specialist captain."
FROM THE ARCHIVES (9'30): The Sir Walter Lawrence Trophy
"For Sir Walter, his money was well spent: his legacy has been preserved by this trophy, while it's hard to find out much else about him other than the description of 'master builder'."
THE REVIEW (19'15): Howzat for Hollywood (BBC Sounds)
"If you were a British actor in Hollywood at the time, and you got the message from Aubrey-Smith, you were pretty well obliged to play."
Recorded on 18 April 2022
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