Lives in Cricket No 47 - Brian Sellers

3 Contents Chapter One Oxford, May 1932 5 Chapter Two Sellers and son 12 Chapter Three The line that disciplines the fell 23 Chapter Four On the field 37 Chapter Five Off the field 54 Chapter Six Batsman, fielder, bowler – and England captain? 62 Chapter Seven Wartime 75 Interlude Two team photographs 80 Chapter Eight Treachery in Australia 1946/47 83 Chapter Nine Last seasons 1946-48 91 Chapter Ten The Wardle Affair 102 Chapter Eleven The Sixties 109 Chapter Twelve When I’m 64: Illingworth and Close 119 Chapter Thirteen Keighley, December 2015 133 Thanks and sources 148 Appendix Some Statistics 151 Index 153