Lives in Cricket No 47 - Brian Sellers

156 Index Old Trafford, Manchester 49, 94, 142 Oval, The 9, 23, 29, 46, 63, 94, 105, 117 Owen-Smith, Tuppy 5, 6, 46, 63, 73 Oxford 57 Oxford Mail 5, 32, 53, 93 Oxford University 5 Padgett, Doug 117, 126, 128 Paine, George 32, 63 Parker, Jack 77 Parks, Jim 57 Parks, The 5 Pearce, TN 77, 93 Peebles, Ian 135 Peel, Bobby 12 Perks, Reg 44, 45 Peter’s, St, York school 16 Pettiford, Jack 92 Pike, Horace 115 Plaindealer 8 Poaching of Yorkshire players 120-121 Pollard, Dick 84 Poole harbour 83 Priestley Cup 19 Procter, Mike 131 Pudsey 10, 32, 134 Pudsey St Lawrence 19 Punch magazine 46 Quaife, Bernard 44 Queensbury 17 Rait Kerr, RS 88, 110 Rangoon 83 Ranji 33 Redcar 19 Richardson, Arthur 45 Ringrose, William 61, 80 Rhodes, Arthur 7, 48, 61, 68 Rhodes, Wilfred 8, 81, 114, 117, 118 Rhodesia 119 Riddington, Tony 39 Robertson-Glasgow, RC 7, 38, 63, 70, 77-78, 91 Robins, Walter 26, 38, 40, 45, 63, 70, 71, 72, 78, 86, 93, 111, 112 Robinson, Ellis 25, 34-35, 58, 60, 65, 93, 94, 95, 115 Root, Joe 133 Rose Bay, Sydney 83 Ross, Alan 129 Rostron, Frank 110 Rotherham 19 Royal Australian Air Force 92 Saltaire 12, 61 Savoy, London 46 Scarborough 24, 58, 63, 83, 92, 95, 135 Scarborough Festival 27, 37 Scott, Robert 21 Sellers, Andrew (Brian’s son) 14, 17, 38, 71, 88, 89, 127, 132, 134, 146, 147 Sellers. Anne (Brian’s daughter-in-law) 61, 115-116 Sellers, Arthur (Brian’s father) 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 49, 71 Sellers, Brian 5-10, 14, 16; playing for Keighley 17-19; becoming Yorkshire captain 19-21; given Yorkshire cap 21-22; player 23-27; golfer, 27; and Sutcliffe 27-29; and Bowes 29-30; and Verity 30-31; and Hutton 31-32; not a Freemason 33-34; and Ellis Robinson 34-35; on the field 37-53; in Australia 43, 45, 83-89, 139; off the field 54-61, 133-134; return from Australia 59, 83; and Boycott 60-61, 128-129, 130, 131; wedding 61; as batsman 62-66; as fielder, 66, 68; as bowler 68; as captain 68-71, 133-134, 135, 137-138; business 71-72; England selector 74; war service 77; Wisden cricketer of the year 77-78; MCC committee work 78; criticism of Hammond 85-86, 90; postwar player 91-100; as wicket- keeper 93, 96-97; as committee man 101, 103, 109-132, 138, 139-140, 142, 144, 145; and Wardle 102-108; swear- ing 104, 105, 113, 115, 136-137, 142; and Close 114-115, 121, 122, 123, 128-129, 131; and Illingworth 119-120, 121-122; and Geoff Cope 134-135; and Colin Cowdrey 135-136; death 144, 146; obituaries of 144; memorabilia auctioned 147. Sellers, Bright (Brian’s wife) 61, 143 Sellers, David (Brian’s son) 17, 147 Sellers, Godfrey (Brian’s brother) 16, 126, 128 Sellers, Herbert 17, 33 Sellers, Mary (Brian’s mother) 14, 16 Sellers, Robert (Arthur’s father) 14 Shackleton, Allan 18 Sharpe, Phil 128 Sheffield 12, 37, 48, 49, 52, 66, 73, 93, 94, 95, 123, 127 Sheffield Telegraph 25, 30, 40, 57, 63, 70, 93 Sherwood Foresters 29 Shipley 115 Sims, Jim 63 Singapore 83 Skipton 123, 130 Smailes, Frank 7, 23, 33, 49, 65, 66, 68, 77, 94, 95, 97 Smith, Jim 39 Smith, Ray 96 Smithson, Gerald 97 Sobers, Garry 132 Sock-snipping 133 South Africa 74 Spion Kop, Sheffield 48 Sprotborough 24 Stalin 55, 141 Stanley, John 105 Statham, Brian 115