1 CD: 56 minutes

1 CD, David Frith, cricket writer and historian. The CD consists of 2 tracks. [0:00-9:07]] Frith talks about working in magazines such as The Cricketer and creating and editing Wisden Cricket Monthly including, publishing new writers including Scyld Berry, Neil Manthorpe, Gideon Haig, Mark Nicholas and Simon Hughes, also his editorial pieces including ICC twisting the finding into a fact-finding in South Africa, Sri Lanka's first Test Match, and the first morning of the Ashes Sydney Test Match of 1982-1983 when Bob Willis ran out Kepler Wessels but was not given and the first ever editorial on tv referrals. [9:08-10:36] Frith talks about India winning the 1983 World Cup, [10:37-11:34] Frith talks about his support for South African cricket, [11:35-12:53] Frith talks about publishing an article critical of Test Match Special, [12:54-15:39] Frith talks about the South African centenary in 1989 and criticising West Indian Bowling 1991, [15:40-17:10] Frith talks about a publishing a letter criticising overseas players playing for England and fallout it caused, [17:11-18:39] Frith talks about getting sacked as Wisden Cricket Monthly editor and opportunities it opened and criticising modern use of language, [18:40-31:17] Frith talks about some of the books he's been involved with. [31:22-35:50] Frith talks about greed and ignorance being source of crickets perceived current problems, [35:51-39:23] Frith talks about the passage of time and need for cricket to be on terrestrial television. Track 2: [0:00-2:20] Frith talks about his archive catalogue, [2:21-2:56] Alastair Lack introduces the question segment, [2:57-4:16] Frith talks about Denis Compton and Graeme Pollock not being knighted, [4:17-6:33] Frith talks about Brian Statham, [6:34-8:32] Richie Benaud selecting Dennis Lillee and S F Barnes in his all-time XI, [8:33-13:04] Frith talks about some of his favourite items in his collection including Jack Fingleton's Cricket Crisis, his first letter from Jack Hobbs, bats belonging to J T Brown and Archie Jackson, [13:05-15:17] Frith talks about who he'd like to interview including Alec Bedser and being lucky to talk to the cricketers he did. [15:18-16:37] Applause and closing remarks by Alastair Lack. A back-up copy of this CD is included.

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