On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:19:05 -0700 (PDT), rodney.ulyate@gmail.com
tapped the keyboard and brought forth:

>On Jun 12, 1:55 pm, "Cicero"  wrote:
>>  wrote in message
>> news:964fa526-1018-4867-813b-4998e4e77cce@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>> > On Jun 12, 1:34 pm, "Cicero"  wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >> I have more issue with calling Lohmann a "great man" rather than "great
>> >> cricketer".
>> > Conceded.  As a cricket tragic, I tend mistakenly to regard the two as
>> > synonymous.
>> > Sulkily,
>> > Rodney Ulyate
>> I regard people like Brunel, Einstein and Schindler as great men. (Nitpick)
>
>Out of interest, does your personal pantheon include any cricketers?
>I would have no hesitation including Fry, D'Oliveira and Constantine
>in mine.

I would have great hesitation in including CB Fry in a list of great
men. Iain Wilton's majestic biography makes it clear that Fry was a
hypocrite and rather unpleasant to know, as well as adept at claiming
credit for other buggers' efforts. Taken all in all, his career
average in humanity may have been Test class, but he's nowhere near
being an ATG.

Cheers,

Mike

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