Warwickshire have named Jim Troughton as their new captain following the resignation of Ian Westwood.What this BBC News report does not mention is that Jim Troughton is the grandson of the actor Patrick Troughton - the second Dr Who and also Cole Hawlings from The Box of Delights.
The 31-year-old, who has played six one-day internationals for England, first appeared for the Bears in 1999 and made his first-class bow in 2001.
Readers intereted by this trivial fact may also be interested in the theatrical forebears of Toby Flood.
2 comments:
Wow, I never knew that! His grandad didn't play Abner Brown but Cole Hawkins (sp?). Brown was Robert Stephens. Shame they're both dead.
Thanks. That's what comes from blogging from memory, I will correct the post.
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