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Percy Fender Memorabilia Auction: Online now here:

https://auctions.bhandl.co.uk/lots?term=percy%20fender&categoryCode=SME

Live Auction to be held Dec 5 th at 10am. Address details below

At Guerilla Cricket, we are huge fans of Percy George Herbert Fender. He has a starring role in our theme tune after all.

Often presented as a divisive, comical, Bertie Wooster, monocle wearing figure (he never did wear one, but his wife did), he was in fact the polar opposite. Sharp, witty, principled, forward thinking, a master tactician and someone who fought for inclusivity and fairness.

Perhaps he did more to reinvent cricket than any other person of his age. A renaissance man (he wrote musicals and books), and, it now turns out, was an impeccable archivist of his own life.

This year Percy’s son Peter sadly died, but from that has emerged a treasure trove of papers, memorabilia and photos that Percy had assembled and Peter had lovingly kept. Much of it goes to auction on December 5th but before it does, we’ve had access and sight into the contents and with it an insight into Percy Fender’s world, including a remarkable series of never heard before recordings that Percy made in the 1960’s for his son Peter and for posterity.

They chart his life, his career, most of it with Surrey, his feelings, and perhaps, most telling of all, his role in Bodyline, the 1932 Test series in which cricket went to war.

Amongst some amazing memorabilia in the auction is an extraordinary letter the Percy typed towards the end of his life where he tells “the truth about Bodyline”.

The auction takes place at 10.00 am on December 5th at BHL St. Edmund's Court, Okehampton Street, Exeter, EX4 1DU. It will also be live here and select “Sporting equipment and memorabilia.

In part one here, Tony Bishop is joined by Dan Norcross, Jon Surtees from Surrey and most importantly, Percy’s two grandsons, Guy and Nick as we explore Percy’s early life, his flying career taking pot shots and zeppelins, his captaincy of Surrey and learn about a record that he still holds to this day.

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This is the The Guerilla Cricket Podcast World and on this episode we have highlights from Game 23 at the ICC Cricket World Cup in India. South Africa won the toss, now bearing in mind it's hot and humid in Mumbai at this time of year what do you think they did? That's right they chose to bat! Quinton de Kock got the biggest total by any batter and Heinrich Klassen went booloo again to amass the third highest total of the tournament. They hold the top two too. As expected Bangladesh wilted at the mountain of runs with the exception of old hand Mahmudullah who scored a sparkling ton.

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Welcome back to the warm embrace (and warm beer) of the Bishop and Bear.

The chat this week is very much focused on the IPL as this year’s marathon begins. Who are the runners and riders? Where is the smart money going? Who are the stars and who is missing for each team? What makes the new smart replays smarter than the average replays? Why do Sunrisers Hyderabad get battered everywhere? Is their website still a UX disaster? (Don’t bother looking - it is I can assure you). Who is Jake Fraser McGurk and what happened to the monkey that bit him?

To answer these and so many other questions, we have our own ‘Oracle of the Odds’ and IPL aficionado Andy Ward. Andy is going to be steering our weekly IPL coverage and he seems to be limbering up in fine form, albeit with a Guinness Zero.

We even make time to debate the morals of Australia’s Afghan withdrawal and ponder why no one is mad about the Roy.

Here is our very loose running order:

· IPL 2024

What’s new for 2024?

o Bouncers

o Smart replays

Guerilla Tips – where is our money for this year?

· Australia pull out of Afghanistan Mens T20 – A fair stance or looking for an excuse?

· Why is no one mad about the Roy?

· A decent start for England’s Women vs NZ despite missing some WPL starts

· Our IPL Coverage – what to expect

Thanks, as ever for your company. Do let us know what you think and join us for our weekly show.

Cheers!

Your Ursine Landlord and Episcopal Barman

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To be honest we are a bit confused as to which number Bishop and Bear this is. Looking back, we seem to have missed 62 completely, had 64 as our Christmas Special and then released 63. So, this is either 62 (delayed), or 65. “But frankly”, as Barry Davis once said about the errant German Hockey team’s defence, “Who cares?”

What does matter is that we have a cracking guest in the old B&B this week. It’s Kiwi cricket writer, broadcaster and author, Andrew McLean. Although from Wellington, Andrew lives in Bali now, so your episcopal barman had selection of Araks, Jamus, Bintangs and Young Coconuts ready to pour.

Settle yourself down with your own drink of choice and listen here as Andrew and your episcopal and ursine hosts get stuck into a meaty agenda including:

• That Cape Town Pitch – no surprise about the ‘unsatisfactory’ rating
• Chris Broad was match ref. Might a different ref have had a different opinion?
• Does New Zealand really produce the best wickets in the world?
• SA20 – its’ on Sky over here in the UK – will it prove worth it for CSA or does it just put another nail into Test Cricket?
• New Zealand starting WT20 year with a home series against Pakistan – On balance pretty well matched?
• West Indies in Aus – can the Windies pull off a miracle?
• Smith to open now Davie W has gone?
• Who might shine for the Windies?

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Cheers!

Your Ursine Landlord and Episcopal Barman

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