Frank Woolley Quotes

#1. We always had to play the game and play for the team. It is a Kent tradition.

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#2. Lots of times I was out through forcing the game.

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#3. I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent.

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#4. I don't think I ever worked harder at any match during my career to get runs as I did then, nor did I ever have to face in one game such consistently fast bowlers as the Australian pair, Gregory and McDonald.

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#5. Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.

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#6. In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.

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#7. Square cuts which ordinarily would have flashed to the boundary earned only two, and I believe that those two innings would have been worth 150 apiece in a county match.

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#8. Those were the great days when plenty of amateurs could spare time for cricket.

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#9. It is often argued that left-handed batsmen have an advantage compared with the right-handers. I do not agree.

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#10. It was never a policy of the Kent team that the pitch must be occupied all day after winning the toss.

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#11. I was not depressed when they got me out. I have always taken my dismissals as part of the game.

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#12. It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket.

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