He was nicknamed Tresco and Banger, the latter deriving from his diet as a young player:

Wiki:

"My diet was sausages then, in no particular order, sausages, chips, sausages, toast, sausages, beans, sausages, cheese, sausages, eggs, and the occasional sausage."

His and Bryan Gunn's are the only sporting autobiogs I've ever read. I stopped after Gunny's; it was the literary version of watching some sports blokes travelling on a bus and a plane with a towel and a sandal as points of interest.

Posted By: Tombs on July 17th 2017 at 11:36:46

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474 to win, knock these off quick sharp and bears all round. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 10:24:36
- Looked very nervous I'm afraid. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 17, 11:09:46
  - We've still got problems with that top order in Test Cricket I fear. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 11:11:28
    - Jennings and Dawson are not test match cricketers and (Other Sports) - Jim, Jul 17, 11:26:45
      - Jennings is 25,too early to write him off. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 17, 11:50:31
      - Not as if we are short of options... Stoneman must be due a chance (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pixelman, Jul 17, 11:34:59
        
        This is going to be over before tea I reckon. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 11:41:11
        
        Basically once a batsmans technique has been found out it's very hard for them to (Other Sports) - Jim, Jul 17, 11:44:58
        
        thats what we've been doing. May as well persist with Hameed as continue with (Other Sports) - Jim, Jul 17, 12:37:09
        
        Good idea, sign some foreigners (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 17, 12:03:36
        
        Cook and Root need to hang around otherwise yes... we will be skittled. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pixelman, Jul 17, 11:44:00
        
        They should have gone with my master plan above. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 11:44:42
    - Yeah,these are a decent bowling attack the,but we rarely get off to good (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 17, 11:13:51
      - Be nice to find another Trescothic type to complement Cook. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 11:14:46
        
        🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭 🌭 (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 17, 11:20:49
        
        Heh heh, he's big lad these days, mind he was always well built. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 11:30:17
        
        He was nicknamed Tresco and Banger, the latter deriving from his diet as a young player: (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 17, 11:36:46
        
        Reminds me of Aggers talking about when he roomed with Gatting... (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 11:39:37
        
        Atherton's is a good read, he's actually a talented writer. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 11:41:42
        
        (easier typed than done, admittedly). (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 11:15:42
        
        Yeah,i like the look of Jennings tbf so I'm not writing him off by any means (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 17, 11:26:46
- Jennings and Ballance come good with double hundreds (n/m) (Other Sports) - shortfatb, Jul 17, 10:39:52
  - Top prediction! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 17, 11:45:06
  - Umm, time for plan B me thinks. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 11:09:22

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