Lives in Cricket No 29 - AN Hornby

75 It has been said that Hornby’s loyalty to his professionals at this time was admirable. But some believed that his ‘loyalty’ was in reality often a fit of pique and a determination to get his own way, right or wrong. It was never more obvious than in his support for three of his professionals over the controversial issue of throwing. The Boss Hornby with wicket-keeper Dick Pilling (left) and two of the bowlers who took hat-tricks under his captaincy, Alec Watson (second left) and Dick Barlow (right).