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Leslie Thomas John Arlott OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author, football and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he became an iconic cricket commentator noted for his "wonderful gift for evoking cricketing moments" by ...
17 de may. de 1975 · John Arlott. Roy Plomley's castaway is cricket commentator John Arlott. Favourite track: Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas. Book: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne. Luxury: Champagne. Download. Choose ...
31 de dic. de 2022 · JOHN ARLOTT’S former home in Alderney has gone up for sale. Bell & Co estate agent Andrew Eggleston sold John Arlott his Alderney home in 1978 and is marketing it again with an asking price of £2.45m. The famous cricket commentator lived on the island for more than a decade after he retired from the BBC in 1980 until his death aged 77 in 1991.
13 de dic. de 2011 · I can even name the very day Arlott's confiding soupy‑thick Hampshire vowels first stirred, delighted and then permanently engaged the consciousness of this eight-year-old. It was 1947, the ...
BBC Sport's Pint-Sized Test Match Special remembers John Arlott's best commentary moments, including Don Bradman's last Test and the Lord's "freaker".
John Arlott was a policeman, poet, wine-connoisseur, author, part time politician, anti-apartheid spokesperson and renowned host of dinner parties, all rolled into one.
Arlott, (Leslie Thomas) John ( 1914–1991 ), writer and broadcaster, was born at Cemetery Lodge, Chapel Street, Basingstoke, Hampshire, on 25 February 1914, the only son of William John Arlott (1883–1959), cemetery registrar, and his wife, Ellen (Nellie) Jenvey-Clarke (c.1884–1975). He was educated at Fairfields School and Queen Mary's Grammar School, in the town of his birth.
