1 WAV file: 1 hour 7 minutes 48 seconds

1 WAV file, John Murray interviewed by Christopher Lane at his home. The file consists of 1 track. Track 1: [0:00-4:33] Murray talks about his natural wicketkeeping style and his appearance which he credits his wife for, and knowing cricketers who played in the First World War including Jack Hobbs and meeting Hobbs at his sports shop in Fleet Street, London, [4:33-6:31] Murray talks about his mannerisms as a cricketer and them becoming a superstition, [6:31-6:55] Murray talks about his superstitions including putting his left boot and left pad on first, [6:55-11:01] Murray talks about Hobbs as being an influence, having a trial at Lord's when he was 14 and becoming a wicketkeeper during a boys cricket competition which caused Lord's to also give him a trial as a wicketkeeper, citing the Lord's groundstaff as an influence on his career, and working with the groundstaff at Lord's. [11:01-12:38] Murray talks about visiting Lord's as a spectator and his work on the groundstaff, [12:38-16:38] Murray talks about becoming wicketkeeper of Middlesex County Cricket Club, [16:38-17:13] Murray talks about working with Fred Titmus on the groundstaff at Lord's, [17:13-18:07] Murray talks about playing for Middlesex while doing National Service, [18:07-20:20] Murray talks about being self-taught as a batsman. [20:20-22:22] Murray talks about opening the batting for Middlesex in his first full season, [22:22-23:49] Murray talks about doing the wicketkeepers' double in his second full season taking 100 wickets and scoring 1,000 runs, [23:49-33:35] Murray talks about his partnership with Fred Titmus and the relationship between the two away from the cricket field, and their comparison to other great wicketkeeper and bowler partnerships in cricket history. [33:35-36:25] Murray talks about playing for England, making his debut on an MCC B tour of New Zealand in 1960 and then playing his first Test Match vs. Australia in 1961, [36:25-39:00] Murray talks about getting injured with varicose veins when on the MCC tour in India (in 1961-1962), [39:00-45:15] Murray talks about playing for England until the 1962-1963 MCC tour of Australia and New Zealand and then being dropped on that tour in favour of A C Smith but returning for the Third Test vs. Australia in Sydney, and playing under Ted Dexter during that tour, and then being an understudy to Jim Parks. [45:15-47:05] Murray talks about being part of the MCC tour of South Africa in 1964-1965, opening the batting but not wicketkeeping during one of the Tests, [47:05-47:45] Murray talks about being on the MCC tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1965-1966 but only playing one Test vs. New Zealand (in Dunedin), [47:45-51:45] Murray talks about being called up for the last Test vs. West Indies at The Oval in 1966 and England's performance during the series against the West Indies and playing for the Rest of the World XI in Barbados in 1967. [51:45-52:45] Murray talks about knowing his Test career was coming to an end because of the emergence of Alan Knott, [52:45-53:50] Murray talks about his admiration for Wally Grout, [53:50-59:45] Murray talks about the captains he played under at Middlesex and England, and his belief that on the field D B Close and J J Warr were the best captains he played under and Denis Compton and Bill Edrich not being as good at captaincy, [59:45-1:00:10] Murray talks about never being a captain and not wanting to be one. [1:00:10-1:02:32] Murray talks about not winning any trophies during his time at Middlesex and then missing out on them winning titles either side of his playing career, and working as a salesman for Derrick Robins towards the end of his career, [1:02:32-1:03:05] Murray talks about working for Derrick Robins and then working for Slazenger, [1:03:05-1:05:05] Murray talks about becoming an England selector, and his claim to fame of supporting the inclusion of David Gower in the England team, [1:05:05-1:07:48] Murray talks about his involvement with Middlesex in the past 20 years and his gratitude to MCC for their assistance to his career, and criticises MCC for not naming any part of Lord's after Fred Titmus despite taking more wickets than anyone else at Lord's.

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