Cassette recording, T W Graveney, England cricketer, interviewed by Ahmer Khokhar. The recording consists of one side of a cassette.
[0:00-0:35] Graveney talks about his early cricket heroes including W R Hammond, [0:35-2:10] Graveney talks about his bowling and once bowling out Len Hutton in a match, [2:10-3:05] Graveney talks about developing his batting style, [3:05-5:50] Graveney talks about his debut for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club (scoring 0 against Oxford University at The Parks in 1948) and for England (against South Africa in 1951), [5:50-8:40] Graveney talks about the Ashes Test series between England and Australia in 1953 which he played in and his performances for England during the series, [8:40-17:30] Graveney talks about his Test career and his favourite moments including scoring 175 against India at Bombay in 1951-1952, touring West Indies with MCC in 1953-1954, winning the Ashes in Australia with MCC in 1954-1955, being dropped from the England team after the MCC tour of Australia in 1958-1959 and not returning to the Test team until 1962, returning to the Test team again for the tour by West Indies in 1966 and playing well during the series, and remaining in the Test team until 1969, and the end of Graveney's Test career when he was dropped by the England team for playing a benefit match on the Sunday during a rest day in the England vs. West Indies Test match at Old Trafford in 1969, [17:30-18:50] Graveney talks about his best innings in Test cricket for England against India at Lord's in 1967 when he scored 151, [18:50-21:25] Graveney talks about the best bowlers he faced including R R Lindwall, J C Laker, D L Underwood and G S Sobers, [21:25-23:35] Graveney talks about playing one-day cricket at county level, and his thoughts on the rise in popularity of one-day cricket, [23:35-24:50] Graveney talks about the improvement in fielding standards since he retired from cricket, and changes to the standards of fitness in cricket, [24:50-26:40] Graveney talks about practicing his fielding during his career, [26:40-28:25] Graveney talks about dropping catches during his career and his determination to become a good catcher and fielder, [28:25-29:10] Graveney talks about his decision to leave Gloucestershire and join Worcestershire, [29:10-30:40] Graveney talks about his work selling artificial cricket pitches, being President of the Cricket Memorabilia Society and Council of Cricket Societies and remaining involved in cricket, and talks about his disappointment that no batsman has asked for his advice since he retired, [30:40-31:55] Graveney talks about having regrets in his career, including not being able to do more coaching, and G A Gooch having to change his batting technique during his career, [31:55-33:09] Graveney talks about how he would like to be remembered.
