1 CD: 55 minutes 57 seconds

1 CD, Mike Turner interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 12 tracks. Track 1: [0:00-3:04] Turner talks about his work to provide grant aid for cricket clubs, assist with the development of stands at cricket ground and being a consultant at Lord's in relation to the National Lottery, [3:04-5:10] Turner talks about the future of county cricket. Track 2: [0:00-4:52] Turner talks about the impact of the Kolpak ruling on counties, the distribution of money to the counties and his belief that there should be a restriction on overseas players. Track 3: [0:00-1:27] Turner talks about his signings for Leicestershire County Cricket Club while as secretary including home-grown players, [1:27-3:49] Turner talks about signing Paul Nixon and the status of youth development, [3:49-5:41] Turner talks about the support staff employed by the England team. Track 4: [0:00-4:02] Turner talks about his working relationship with Raymond Illingworth, and introducing a sports psychologist to Leicestershire. Track 5: [0:00-4:33] Turner talks about the sports psychologist's sessions with the Leicestershire team and how that compares to the England team, [4:33-6:03] Turner talks about his role in the introduction of one day cricket in England and the state of cricket, particularly Leicestershire after the Second World War. Track 6: [0:00-4:36] Turner talks about the county secretaries' meetings to decide on the fixtures and his relationship with the secretaries of other counties, and the initial plans by him to organise a knock-out competition with other counties from the same region. Track 7: [0:00-1:56] Turner talks about Gillette's sponsorship of the Gillette Cup, Turner's consultancy role for the John Player League and his attempts to use coloured clothing in cricket in the 1970s, [1:56-6:18] Turner talks about the International Cavaliers and 65 over cricket, and meeting the Bishop of Leicester to discuss playing cricket on a Sunday. Track 8: [0:00-5:20] Turner talks about the duties he performed as Leicestershire secretary, including also being made team manager having been a player. Track 9: [0:00-4:03] Turner talks about his worst day as Leicestershire secretary, the threat of a bomb scare at the Leicestershire vs. Australians, and evacuating the ground during that match but being concerned that someone had obtained his private number. Track 10: [0:00-4:28] Turner talks about having to ask people to leave Leicestershire including Willie Watson. Track 11: [0:00-3:54] Turner talks about the development of the County Championship and the two divisions experiment, and the future of counties which do not host Test cricket. Track 12: [0:00-1:29] Turner talks about the importance of developing young cricketers and there being too many Test Match grounds and his wish that the County Championship does not become regionalised. A back-up copy of this CD is included.

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