Summary
The first time the Oval fired this school-boy's imagination and awe was through John Arlott's gravelly Wessex wireless description on 14 August 1948 (Wisden is so handy for logging precisely the finer details of life), when Lindwall pitilessly swept England out for 52 (Hutton 30) before Bradman came in for his last ever innings needing just four runs to take his Test average to an exact 100 - but roly-poly Brummie Hollies googled the Oz demon, second ball, for nought.
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O My Annie Long Ago!
Forget for the nonce the neighbouring soccer shrine; cricket's Old Trafford in (one must stress) the sun always takes some beating. Hoary Yorkie scribe J.M. Kilburn gener...
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