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Notts have shown a fair bit of fight. Can our boys have a pint or two of what they've been drinking?

Oh no! I've got into a Wisdom war! I only looked at 1974 and he had that one innings of 4. I think I'm a bit prejudiced as I saw him come on to field as 12th man once and he dropped a sitter! I'm also wrong about Johnny Barclay - he did indeed open (with Gehan Mendis - what a fine player he...

Did JB open the batting? My recollection is that he usually came in a bit lower down the order? But maybe this was in his early years. I met him very briefly and he was, indeed, a charming guy. I think - in short - your point about Evans was valid and that further trawls through 'low scoring...

That is a very good question. I did a rather random trawl of my Wisden collection and the 1974 Championship averages reveal one JJ Groome averaging 11.81 over 8 games but one place higher than Johnny Barclay (who definitely did go to the right school) who weighed in with a mighty 11.57 over 10...