Page "Fred Trueman" Paragraph 77

In his own words, Fred Trueman " didn't play cricket for social reasons like some of the fancy amateurs ".

It was his living and he " played to win ".

Conversely, he would try and do something each day to make the crowd laugh and " he breathed life and humour into any cricket match ".

He took his bowling very seriously indeed but he liked to entertain when he was batting.

On the occasions when he captained his team, especially in 1968 when Brian Close was injured for a long time, he proved to be " a shrewd and intelligent exponent of the craft ( of captaincy )".