CB Fry: King Of Sport - England's Greatest All Rounder; Captain of Cricket, Star Footballer and World Record Holder
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Charles Burgess Fry, known as C. B. Fry was an English polymath; an outstanding sportsman, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. Fry's achievements on the sporting field included representing England at both cricket and football, an F.A. Cup Final appearance for Southampton F.C. and equalling the then world record for the long jump. But he was much more than a sportsman. He won a major scholarship to Oxford, where his friends numbered Max Beerbohm, Hilaire Belloc, and F.E. Smith. He wrote several books, including an autobiography and a novel, and he was one of the most successful journalists of his day. He was a friend of many prominent Labour and Liberal politicians, but flirted with Fascism, meeting Hitler in 1934. He tried out for Hollywood, represented India at the League of Nations, and stood for Parliament three times. 'A most incredible man . . . the most variously gifted Englishman of any age . . . the pre-eminent all-rounder, not merely of his own age but, so far as is measurable, of all English history.' John Arlott; 'This is a well-researched, well-rounded picture of one of England's great sporting heroes.' – Jeremy Paxman, Mail on Sunday; 'He has written what should come to be regarded as one of the very best sporting biographies. I could not put it down.' – Michael Kennedy, Sunday Telegraph; 'This is a book that rises to its subject's level in fascination, entertainment and brilliance.' – Tim Rice, Literary Review
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Iain Wilton. CB Fry: King Of Sport - England's Greatest All Rounder; Captain of Cricket, Star Footballer and World Record Holder
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
ORIGINS OF AN ALL-ROUNDER
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THE YOUNG REPTONIAN
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OXFORD IDOL
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SOUTH AFRICA
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‘A MORAL TECHNICALITY’
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THE BEST BATSMAN IN ENGLAND
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CORINTHIAN AND SAINT
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TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
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THE ELUSIVE CENTURY
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FRY’S MAGAZINE
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PRIMA DONNA
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T.S. MERCURY
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PASTURES NEW
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THE TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT
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COMMANDER FRY
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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POLITICS AND PARLIAMENT
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NAWANAGAR
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A SHADOW OF HIS FORMER SHELF
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SPRINGTIME WITH HITLER
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AUSTRALIA AT LAST
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HOLLYWOOD AND BACK
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LIFE WORTH LIVING
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CAPTAIN FRY
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‘THE GRAND OLD MAN OF SPORT’
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BIBLIOGRAPHY. BOOKS
AUDIO TAPES
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS
NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, ALMANACS AND ANNUALS
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STATISTICAL APPENDIX
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Hirst agreed, while a student at Worcester College, Keble Howard – who later influenced C.B.’s career – provided an invaluable summary of the most widely admired figures in contemporary Oxford. ‘The chief heroes of my day,’ he wrote, ‘were C.B. Fry, J.A. Simon, F.E. Smith, Hilaire Belloc, Paul Rubens, James Hearn and the brothers Palairet [but] Fry was easily the biggest celebrity of all.’
Fry’s status ensured that he came into contact with those whose fame was already spreading far beyond Oxford. For example, early in his university career he was invited to meet Max Beerbohm, the writer and caricaturist, who ‘immediately endowed my new world with a sense of literature and art and the science of life.’ Through Beerbohm he met Rothenstein, who was preparing a book of drawings of Oxford characters and decided to begin with Fry. The two men became friends and, as Rothenstein’s circle included Belloc, it is likely that Fry saw more of him than he disclosed in Life Worth Living, in which he confined himself to praising Belloc’s brilliance in the Union. Furthermore, as Beerbohm knew Oscar Wilde, and both Rothenstein and Beerbohm were friends of Lord Alfred Douglas, it is possible that Fry could have been introduced to Wilde on one of his regular visits to Oxford. If they did meet, it was not something that C.B. chose to mention in his highly selective autobiography. It is certain, however, that, towards the end of his university career, Fry was one of only half-a-dozen students who were invited to have breakfast with Cecil Rhodes at his old college, Oriel. The fact that C.B. was included in such an elite group showed the high regard in which he was held in the Oxford of the mid-1890s.
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