When he published a book a few years ago he said he hoped he had entertained people

I was tempted to go round to the signing and say that he had succeeded.

Probably the most elegant player I have ever seen live and while he and Gordon Greenidge rarely came off in the same innings, it was a wonderful combination to watch - I'm not sure there has ever been better in the Championship. For Richards it seemed effortless, while Greenidge had great power. Great pair of catchers too, took a huge number of some very ordinary bowlers in the 73 championship winning season.

Once when I was about 12 during a rain affected match a bunch of kids were hanging around outside the office at Northlands Road looking for autographs. He went in, saying he was busy now, come back at 5 (3 or 4 hours later). Several of us did and he turned up and signed.

I don't have a single favourite, more of a top several, all 3 mentioned here are in it.

Posted By: watfordcanary on June 6th 2020 at 19:39:45

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Well I didn't know chris Broad played in this match. He was a decent player, (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 6, 18:50:48
- Bloody hell! I didn't know this was the Don Topley 'catch' match. (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Jun 6, 20:16:02
- My favourite cricketer of all time (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 19:02:58
  - Saw him in the World Cup Final in 83 (General Chat) - Chicken, Jun 6, 21:56:51
  - Right up there for me too (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 19:26:04
    - I saw him at Trent Bridge, 88 I think (General Chat) - Huge Small, Jun 6, 20:37:36
    - I first saw him close to (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 19:59:07
      - Never saw Richards bat or Roberts bowl (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 21:09:33
        
        Looking at the scorecard, Roberts took 8 wickets in that Headingly match (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 21:40:12
        
        For some reason we only went for that one day (n/m) (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 21:52:37
        
        It was said that Sainsbury spun the ball his first season and never again (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 21:30:49
        
        That's why I wish I'd seen him play (n/m) (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 21:38:02
      - I don't remeber seeing him bowl in a test match. Greenidge and Richards batting I did see (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 21:06:07
        
        And I spent a significant chunk of my teems and 20s at Dean Park (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 21:07:47
    - What did you think of Barry Richards? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 6, 19:28:54
      - So my first Hampshire match (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 6, 20:21:19
        
        And AME Roberts? (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 20:54:57
      - When he published a book a few years ago he said he hoped he had entertained people (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Jun 6, 19:39:45
  - Well,I remember when he came out and batted against one (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 6, 19:18:39
    - And it was quite nice to see Clive Lloyd batting too, (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 6, 19:23:14

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