RIP Tom Graveney

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    Dr Zazlos Banned Idiot

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    Great Cricket Player and Commentator !

    Rip fella
     
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    Yep. Echo that. Played before my time, but he was a well respected member of that fantastic BBC Commentary team. RIP.
     
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    R.I.P. Tom
     
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    Agree on the latter.
    Never saw him bat.
    But a great commentator in the best tradition of TMS . An institution that is going down the pan these days for the want of people like Tom.
     
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    My Dad said he was a terrific batsmen.

    Lovely Fella as well.
     
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    Yes that was easy to see just by listening. . Lots of warmth in his commentary as well as intelligence. And he had that quality of description that never usually openly criticised a player but would instead be suggestive of avenues of inpmprovement . As in CMJ in a way : and as in the antithesis of Boycott et al
     
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