Lives in Cricket No 47 - Brian Sellers

90 Treachery in Australia 1946/47 In any chapter of Sellers’ life, he ought to have the last word. Tom Graveney in one of his memoirs told the story of Sellers playing at Bristol in May 1947, the first time after the winter’s controversy. Hammond had retired. As Sellers walked to the wicket, barrackers shouted: ‘Fetch Wally.’ ‘That’s reet,’ Sellers called back. ‘I’m here. T’other bloke isn’t.’