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Leslie Thomas John Arlott, OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he became a cricket commentator noted for his "wonderful gift for evoking cricketing moments" by the BBC. [1]
Tracing the life of cricket's greatest ever commentator through historic clips from the BBC archive.1948 4th Test At Headingley (Hutton Bowled, Lindwall, 81)...
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- March 25, 1914
- England
Jan 20, 2019 · This Wisden obituary paid tribute to the extraordinary life of legendary commentator and writer John Arlott. Arlott, Leslie Thomas John, OBE, died at his home on Alderney on December 14, 1991, at the age of 77.
Journo, author, commentator, poet, hymnwriter, onetime Southampton ‘bobby’, and connoisseur of vino who loved his native county, John Arlott was a humble yet much loved representative of Hampshire.
John Arlott MBE. (born February 1914 - died December 1991) Even without his greatest claim to fame - as a BBC radio cricket commentator of unparalleled descriptive powers - Leslie Thomas John Arlott would have led a rich life.
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Aug 30, 2005 · Arlott was, indeed, cricket’s golden voice, chronicler, correspondent, writer, connoisseur, a one-time Detective Sergeant in the British Police Force, producer with the BBC, general instructor in the Bush House’s Staff Training School, and Liberal who contested a seat in the Epping Division.
