Lives in Cricket No 27 - CB Llewellyn

115 Acknowledgements My thanks go to Christopher Merrett of Pietermaritzburg for my introduction to the early life and surroundings of Llewellyn and the difficulties he surmounted. David Jeater has been an energetic brother-in-arms as editor, and my thanks go to him for suggesting Buck as a subject. Emma Blundell proved to be a speedy and accurate typist, always on time, and a very accurate reader of the text. John and Jane Balfour and Gerald Hudd read the proofs with professional expertise, while Roger Mann and Stephen Saunders provided photographs which greatly added to the book. John McKenzie kindly lent me volumes dealing with Llewellyn’s early years and Peter Wynne-Thomas provided references which I would otherwise have missed. Philip Bailey helped with several statistical points. My half-brother, Bill Ricquier, was a mine of information on Hampshire cricket. I am grateful to Hampshire Cricket for permission to access the club’s minute books, and to Hampshire Archives for making them available. For their various contributions, I also thank Michael Swales of the Old Denstonian Society; Peter J.Barrett, president of Accrington CC; Harry Wolstenholme, historian of Radcliffe (Thwaites) CC; Helen Lindsey at Bury Archives; Nigel Warne of East Lancashire Paper Mill CC; staff at Chertsey Library; and Richard Shaw and his colleagues at The City Press Leeds. Winchester, Hampshire July 2012