2. C.B. FrySometime Liberal candidate for Brighton, Banbury and Oxford, “C.B.” was a brilliant scholar and an accomplished performer in every variety of outdoor sport.
He captained England at cricket and we lost not a single test match whilst he was at the helm. He played rugger for Blackheath and the Barbarians, and association football for England against Ireland in 1901, as well as playing for Southampton in the F.A. Cup Final. He also set a world long jump record that stood for 21 years.
Fry was once offered the throne of Albania, and had he succeeded in convincing von Ribbentrop that the Germans should take up cricket then the history of the twentieth century would have been different indeed.
In short, Fry was the second most remarkable Englishman of his generation.
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"In short, Fry was the second most remarkable Englishman of his generation."
ReplyDeleteHis Lordship is too modest :-)