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Test of All the Talents

on BBC Radio 4 FM

England v
Australia 1946-71
What would happen were it practicable to match the 22 post-war Greats in Test cricket between
England and Australia in a Super Test at Lord's to celebrate a quarter of a century of battling for the Ashes?
Radio 4 this week brings you a close approximation - a Computer Test programmed to embrace all the known facts and as many variables as possible, not forgetting the weather (as for June).
Teams:
England HUTTON, BOYCOTT, MAY, COMPTON, COWDREY, BAILEY (Captain), KNOTT, WARDLE, LAKER. TRUEMAN, BEDSER
Australia MORRIS, SIMPSON, BRADMAN (Captain), HARVEY HASSETT. MILLER, BENAUD, DAVID-SON, LINDWALL, GROUT, JOHNSTON
Tonight until Friday we bring you the highlights of each day's play, reconstructed as commentary with actuality by BRIAN JOHNSTON and JOHN ARLOTT , with summaries from NORMAN YARDLEY and statistics and computer comment by BILL FRINDALL. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN -JENKINS and JOHN POSTON (Of Scicon Ltd).
Later, at 10.45 pm. there is match analysis and discussion. Producers MICHAEL TUKE-HASTINGS and MARTIN COX
(A Current Affairs and Outside Broadcasts special presentation) (Radio Times People: page 4)
9.59 Weather

Contributors

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Harvey Hassett.
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Brian Johnston
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John Arlott
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Norman Yardley
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Christopher Martin
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John Poston

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