This is the first post on cricketers who I believe were intresting characters. Charles Burgess Fry born in Croydon in 1872 & died in Hampstead in 1956. Fry was a cricketer, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor & a publisher. John Arlott described him with the words " Fry could be autocratic, angry & self willed, he was also magnanimous, extravagant, generous, elegant, brilliant & fun... He was probably the most variously gifted Englishman of any age" Fry's achievements on the sporting field included representing England at both cricket & football, an FA Cup Final appearance & equalling the then world record for the long jump. He also reputedly turned down the throne of Albania. Fry was a strong supporter of Adolph Hitler as was another cricketer one Arthur Gilligan who played for Sussex. Fry somewhat naively accepted an invitation to visit Germany in the 1930's, ostensibly to discuss youth education ( he ran a youth train
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