1 CD: 32 minutes 57 seconds

1 CD, Alex Bannister, cricket writer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 10 tracks. Track 1: [0:00-0:16] Bannister talks about someone's wife named Ann, [0:17-2:51] Bannister talks about cricket writers including Lyn Wellings . Track 2: [0:00-1:18] Bannister talks about cricket writers including Neville Cardus, [1:19-4:28] Bannister talks about A A Thompson and Jim Kilburn. Track 3: [0:00-2:11] Bannister talks about the over-coverage of cricket by newspapers, [2:12-3:01] Bannister talks about getting a story from Colin Cowdrey on taking a team to South Africa which led the front page of the Daily Mail, [3:02-3:19] Bannister introduces his wife, [3:20- Bannister talks about his views of South Africa under apartheid and ethics of touring there. Track 4: [0:00-2:11] Bannister talks about the ethics of touring South Africa under apartheid, [2:12-4:39] Bannister struggles to remember the name of a Yorkshire captain. Track 5: [0:00-0:18] Bannister remembers the name of Ronnie Burnet, [0:19-4:27] Bannister talks about Johnny Wardle getting sacked from Yorkshire and meeting with Wardle to get his story. Track 6: [0:00-2:02] Bannister talks about getting Johnny Wardle's side of the story and narrowly avoiding Ronnie Burnet, [2:03-4:04] Bannister talks about Johnny Wardle giving his opinion on throwing, [4:05-5:19] Bannister talks about being friends with Don Bradman. Track 7: [0:00-1:31] Bannister talks about being friends with Don Bradman, [1:32-4:37] Bannister talks about living his life the same all over again, his retirement and journalism as a profession. Track 8: [0:00-2:02] Bannister tells a story of being a young journalist and sometimes covering football, [2:03-2:09] Closing remarks. A back-up copy of this CD is included.

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