John Arlott
Sign in to saveEnglish sports commentator and writer (1914-1991)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914-02-25
- Died
- 1991-12-14
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Cricket The Great Captains
- Elizabeth crowned queen
- THE GREAT CAPTAINS
- Test Match Diary 1953
- English cheeses of the South and West
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43
- Total plays
- 287
Leslie Thomas John Arlott (February 25, 1914 – December 14, 1991) was a freelance author, whose main subjects were sport and wine, a poet, and a radio producer and broadcaster, best known for his cricket commentary as a member of the BBC Radio 3 Test Match Special team. He recorded a spoken word album for the Charisma Label in 1982 entitled ' John Arlott Talks Cricket. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Arlott">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key dates
- Born
- 25 February 1914
- Died
- 14 December 1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Basingstoke
- Place of death
- Alderney
- Occupation
- cricketer
- Employer
- BBC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language