Cricket: 40-SOMETHING ENGLAND XI 40-SOMETHING ENGLAND XI.W.G.GRACE:Batted on for England past 50 against Australia in 1899. GEOFF BOYCOTT:England career ended when he was sent home from India in '81-2, aged 41, for playing golf during Calcutta Test. GRAHAM GOOCH:Last Ashes trip age 42, in '94-5, a tour too far. COLIN COWDREY:Flew out to Oz, at 41, when Lillee and Thomson were terrorising England. BRIAN CLOSE:Famously bruised by the West Indian pace attack at Old Trafford in 1976, aged 45. BASIL D'OLIVEIRA:Final cap, was at 40 during the '72 Ashes. WILF WILF What Was I Looking For? RHODES:Brilliant all- rounder who won his last Test cap at 51 in the West Indies in '29. RAY ILLINGWORTH:Bowed out of Test cricket as captain on a losing note v West Indies in '73. JOHN EMBUREY:Wheeled out for a final Test v West Indies' 95, three weeks short of his 43rd birthday. BOB TAYLOR:Wicketkeeper and lower-order nugget Nugget A 15 year Gold FHLMC (Freddie Mac) bond; similar to a Dwarf. who played, aged 42, against New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. in 1983. GUBBY ALLEN:25 caps straddled World War II. Last of them at 44 v West Indies in 1947. CAPTION(S): STUMPER: Bob Taylor |
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