A Test match without Botham is like a horror film without Boris Karloff.
Fred Trueman (1989) |
| After the ball which Raman Subba Row had dropped off Fred Trueman's bowling had gone for four-Subba Row: I'm sorry about that, it might have been better if I had kept my legs together. Tmeman: Aye, it's a pity your mother didn't! |
After the Rev. David Sheppard had dropped a catch off his bowling - You might keep your eyes shut when your praying, Vicar, but I wish you'd keep 'em open when I'm bowling.
Fred Trueman (1963) |
Billy Ibadulla had more edges than a broken pisspot.
Fred Trueman |
Fast bowlers are a breed apart, and Fred Trueman was apart from the breed.
Denis Compton |
On the Jurassic Park dinosaurs -1 could go to any county committee room if I wanted to see that.
Fred Trueman (1993) |
On the saboteurs who dug up the Headingley Test wicket- I'd throw them off the top of the pavilion. Mind you, I'm a fair man, I'd give them a 50-50 chance. I'd have Keith Fletcher underneath trying to catch them.
Fred Trueman (1975) |
Suggested title for his autobiography- The definitive volume on the finest bloody fast bowler that ever drew breath.
Fred Trueman |
Tell me Fred [Trueman], have you ever bowled a ball which merely went straight?
Richard Mutton |
We have a gaping hole in the England side because Botham has gone. People say Chris Lewis will take his place and I always say, 'What, on the bus to the ground?'
Fred Trueman (1993) |
You should treat women the same way as any good Yorkshire batsman used to treat a cricket ball. Don't stroke 'em, don't tickle 'em, just give 'em a ruddy good belt.
Fred Trueman |
