Deid. Yorkshire and England Proper Mannies’ Cricket Legend

[57vintage]

Ray Illingworth, 11 short of a deserved final tonne. Ironically on the Lord’s day, if you have traction in that sort of tomfoolery. The final downer on a day when I was thrashed at Hungry Hippos by a four year-old.

BBC obituary (**** off, Sky).

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/52021920.amp

[StandfreeFM]

RIP Illy. Yorkshire Great. Probably Racist as fu(k. Treated Athers shabbily.

[krakowdon]

I once slept in his bed, so to speak. On a corporate jolly to Leeds we were accommodated in a hotel within Headingly, overlooking the pitch. My room was the Illingworth Room. It was a bog standard hotel room, but it had a cracking view.