Doug Morris

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Ex BBC, occasional NBC hack. Kentish man in Northumberland, modernist, 45’s and 33’s, 144/282 munroist, cricket tragic.

Mel Brooks on stage at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2017
The cover of the 2026 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack
Bob Hoskins as Harold Shand in The Long Good Friday
Len Deighton novels Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match
THE MINOR COUNTIES IN 1970 Having been runners-up in 1948, 1950 and last year, Betford. shire finally won the Minor Counties Championship for the first time in their 71 years history. With a well-balanced side led by J. Smith they went through the season unbeaten, winning six of their ten matches. A vast improvement in the batting led to Bedfordshire's success, particularly from R. Cox, who, opening the batting for the first time in his career, totalled 942 runs, easily beating the previous highest aggregate for the county. Lincolnshire, fifteenth last season, finished runners-up and were unlucky that rain interfered with many of their matches. G. Robinson again showed his form with the bat but the bowling lacked bite, with little support being given to Ramadhin's spin. Staffordshire had their most successful season for years and by finishing third qualified for the Gillette Cup competition for the first time. Nasim-ul-Ghani headed both the batting and bowling averages. Four batsmen scored centuries and R. T. Deville, their leg-spinner, took 53 wickets—the highest number taken by a county bowler for twenty years. Fine bowling by D. A. Bick and H. W. Tilly, who took 84 wickets between them, led Hertfordshire's challenge. Bick, in fact, was awarded his county cap together with H. B. Hollington, who started playing for the county when only sixteen and scored almost 200 runs more than any other player. Oxfordshire, beaten by Worcestershire in the first round of the Gillette Cup, failed narrowly to qualify for this year's competition. They finished equal on points with Hertfordshire but were forced to drop a place on the difference between the runs per wicket for and those per wicket against. The highlight of the season was the bowling performance of D. J. Laitt against Somerset II wen he took eight wickets for 35 and nine for 30-a Minor Counties record. On the batting side S. T. Hahn and M. D. Nurton featured in an unbroken opening stand of 212 the former registering hi…
Technics SL1200 turntable on stand
Knitted figures of three wise men, two shepherds, two sheep, Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus as well as a wax sprite, fairy lights and family photos
MAINWARING, EDWARD STEWART, died on January 9, aged 74. Ed "Stewpot" Stewart was a familiar face on TV - and an even more familiar voice on radio, whether presenting music programmes or the BBC's Sunday Sport. He regularly turned out in charity football and cricket games, and dismissed Brian Clough in a Taverners match at Lord's in 1975.
Bespectacled man by statue of George Orwell
Prime Minister Tony Blair outside Trimdon Parish church speaking about the death of Princess Diana. Microphone stand in centre and three reporters under an umbrella in right foreground, small group behind
Terence Stamp (R) and Julie Christie (L)
BBC Sounds page for the Politically series, episode one
Cricket commentators at work at The Oval, London. Surrey vs Kent
Cows grazing at Laggan Sands
View to Jura from Mull
Bob Hoskins in the film The Long Good Friday
The Archers on BBC Sounds
Ticket for Orange Juice at the Caley Palais, Edinburgh on Sunday 13th May 1984
Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques