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Cricket: The John Player League: Middlesex v Yorkshire

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

direct from Lord's
BBC2 begins its coverage of the 1971 series with one of today's outstanding matches between two sides under new captaincy. Geoff Boycott, one of England's heroes in Australia during the winter, has taken over the Yorkshire leadership and Mike Brearley has resigned as lecturer in Philosophy at Newcastle University to become the new captain of Middlesex.

During the tea interval at 4.0*: Profile of a Cricketer: D.C.S. Compton, CBE
(Middlesex and England) by Trevor Bailey

Frank Bough introduces the programme which includes news of today's other fixtures: Derbyshire v Somerset, Gloucestershire v Surrey, Hampshire v Northamptonshire, Sussex v Leicestershire, Warwickshire v Kent

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Commentator at Lord's:
John Arlott
Commentator at Lord's:
Jim Laker
Presenter (Profile of a Cricketer):
Trevor Bailey
TV Presentation/Series Producer:
Bill Taylor
TV Presentation:
Bob Duncan
Source: Radio Times

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