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Fred Titmus Has Gone - RIP
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:51 pm
by Bryn Mawr
Today we get the sad news that Fred Titmus has died at the age of 78.
One of the great characters of English cricket he played in the first class game from 1949 to 1982.
Another one gone
Fred Titmus Has Gone - RIP
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:38 pm
by spot
The BBC has buried the news far deeper than good taste would warrant.
His final appearance for the county came in 1982, when he was attending a match against Sussex as a spectator. Middlesex captain Mike Brearley called up Titmus on a pitch conducive to spin, and the gamble paid off as he took 3-43 to set up a 58-run victory.
BBC Sport - Cricket - Ex-Middlesex & England spinner Fred Titmus dies ages 78
It's an outrage he was never awarded an OBE.
He was one of the few to have even a slight impact against the Australians in the mid-70s. My word they were a terrifying bunch.
Fred Titmus Has Gone - RIP
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:09 pm
by Snowfire
Didn't Fred have a few of his toes amputated in a boating accident, I seem to remember ? Was he playing at the time ? Surely not.
Fred Titmus Has Gone - RIP
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:16 pm
by Bryn Mawr
Snowfire;1356193 wrote: Didn't Fred have a few of his toes amputated in a boating accident, I seem to remember ? Was he playing at the time ? Surely not.
In the Caribbean during a test series in, I think, the sixties - had an argument with a propeller and lost. They said he'd never play again.
Fred Titmus Has Gone - RIP
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:06 am
by jones jones
A great spin bowler & a gentleman!
Fred Titmus Has Gone - RIP
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:14 am
by spot
50's quite an age to play in a county match. I remember seeing Brian Close at Somerset when he was older than that though and he was still fielding well within the batsman's comfort zone. Legend has it he was smacked on the head by a fast ball when fielding there, looked round when most people would have lost consciousness and asked whether anyone else had managed to catch it. They breed them tough Up North.
Fred Titmus Has Gone - RIP
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:20 am
by Bryn Mawr
spot;1356256 wrote: 50's quite an age to play in a county match. I remember seeing Brian Close at Somerset when he was older than that though and he was still fielding well within the batsman's comfort zone. Legend has it he was smacked on the head by a fast ball when fielding there, looked round when most people would have lost consciousness and asked whether anyone else had managed to catch it. They breed them tough Up North.
I saw that match on the tele' and it should have poleaxed him - as it was he more that asked if, he demanded to know why not!