England, now led once again by David Gower, suffered from injuries and poor form.

He later stated on They Think It's All Over that as a teenager he idolised former England captain David Gower, who was playing for Leicestershire at the time.

On the Monday morning 500 – 1 odds began to look somewhat more ungenerous as first Brearley, then David Gower and Mike Gatting all fell cheaply reducing England to 41 for 4.

A recent Linacre OKS is David Gower.

A new pavilion was opened by David Gower on 17 September 2005

* David Gower ( cricketer )

* David Gower, former England cricketer and current cricket commentator for Sky Sports was educated for a time in Quorn, at the Old Primary School

In his prime, he had a graceful, fluid batting style, comparable to that of his English contemporary, David Gower and Australian batsman Greg Chappell.

Wisden recorded that " The sun scarcely graced the English cricket scene with its presence in 1978, but when it did it seemed to adorn the blond head of David Gower.

Gower is also a Patron of the David Shepherd Foundation, the World Land Trust, Vice-President of the Nature in Art Trust, and a director of an Internet wine company.

He is the author of a number of written works on cricket, including Gower: The Autobiography with The Independent journalist Martin Johnson in 1992, David Gower: With Time to Spare with Alan Lee in 1995 and Can't Bat, Can't Bowl, Can't Field also with Johnson.

It was a parody of Paul Hardcastle's number one hit, 19, with Bremner impersonating cricket commentators, including Richie Benaud and Brian Johnston, and replacing references to the Vietnam War with references to the England cricket team's disastrous 1984 home series against the West Indies in which the England captain David Gower had averaged 19.

The song was parodied by British satirist Rory Bremner under the pseudonym ' The Commentators ,' as N-n-nineteen, Not Out, the title referring to the batting average of David Gower, the England cricket captain, during his side's risible performance against the West Indies in 1984 when they lost 5-0.

Current Honorary Life Members include Wasim Akram, Mike Atherton, Dickie Bird, Sir Ian Botham, Keith Bradshaw, Aravinda de Silva, Andy Flower, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, David Gower, Sir Richard Hadlee, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Rachael Lady Heyhoe-Flint, Nasser Hussain, Glenn McGrath, Sir John Major, Henry Olonga, Barry Richards, Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Garfield Sobers, Hashan Tillakaratne, Michael Vaughan, Shane Warne and Waqar Younis.

He was the first England cricketer to pass 8, 000 Test runs and, as of 2012, is fourth on England's all-time run scoring list ( behind Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart and David Gower ).

Instead the more relaxed David Gower was appointed for the six Test series.

* 1 June-Test cricket debut of David Gower, vs. Pakistan at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, scores 58.

They used to watch a number of old cricket match videos, especially the games played by David Gower, whom Ganguly admired.

Ganguly commented that David Gower was the first cricketer to attract him to the game.

In 1980 producer David Merrick and director Gower Champion adapted 42nd Street into a Broadway musical that won The Tony Award for Best Musical for 1981.

The first movie studio in the Hollywood area, Nestor Studios, was founded in 1911 by Al Christie for David Horsley in an old building on the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street.

Actors David McCallum, Bill Nighy, and Michael Parks, politicians Bob Dole, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher, playwright Samuel Beckett, pianist Misha Dichter, 16th-century slave trader John Hawkins, cricketers Jonathan Agnew, David Gower, Graham Gooch, wrongly reported in the Daily Mail as having had a finger amputated,

Sir David John White OBE ( born 2 February 1940 ), known by his stage name David Jason, is an English BAFTA award-winning actor.

Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling, DSO, OBE ( 15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990 ) was a Scottish laird, mountaineer, World War II British Army officer, and the founder of the Special Air Service.

The Liberal Democrat David Rogers OBE was elected in the 2005 election.

* 1994 – 1999: Sir David Spedding, KCMG, CVO, OBE

An autobiography of a British officer, honorary colonel of the Royal Horse Guards, David de Crespigny Smiley LVO, OBE, MC, who served in the Special Operations Executive during World War II ( Albania, Thaïland ) and was a MI6 officer after war ( Poland, Malta, Oman, Yemen ).

Antony Mark David Gormley OBE RA ( born 30 August 1950 ) is a British sculptor.

David Essex OBE ( born David Albert Cook on 23 July 1947 ) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor.

* David Beckham OBE, footballer.

A St Bees Association was founded in commemoration of this period of evacuation in the school's history by Michael Berry OBE and David Smith.

Major David John Croft OBE ( 7 September 1922 – 27 September 2011 ), born David John Andrew Sharland, was an English writer, producer and director.

Wellingborough is the birthplace and residence of many notable people, including the former world champion snooker player Peter Ebdon, and Sir David Frost, OBE, a broadcaster who attended Wellingborough Grammar School, whose campus is now occupied by the Wrenn School.

The Liberal Democrat David Rogers OBE was elected in the 2005 election.

David Kim Hempleman-Adams, LVO, OBE, CStJ, DL ( born 10 October 1956 in Swindon, Wiltshire ) is a British industrialist and adventurer.

Sir David Paradine Frost, Kt., OBE ( born 7 April 1939 ), is a British journalist, comedian, writer, media personality and daytime TV game show host best known for his two decades as host of Through the Keyhole and serious interviews with various political figures, the most notable being Richard Nixon.

Born in Glyn Ceiriog in 1942, the son of former Royal Naval Reserves Officer Alan N Hunt OBE and Jessie E E Northrop, David Hunt was the middle child of three, with two sisters.

John David Newcombe, AO, OBE ( born 23 May 1944 in Sydney ) is a former World No. 1 tennis player who won seven Grand Slam singles titles.

Gordon David Strachan OBE ( born 9 February 1957 ) is a Scottish football manager and former player.

* David Landsman OBE, Ambassador to Greece since 2009, and to Albania from 2001-3

David James Bellamy OBE ( born 18 January 1933 ) is a British author, broadcaster, environmental campaigner and botanist.

Their President is Professor David Bellamy OBE, and Vice Presidents are Professor Chris Baines, Professor Ian Trueman and Peter Shirley MBE.

* Paralympic double gold medalist and OBE David Stone