Bye-bye Bomber, a sunny face of county cricket past
"The passing of radical bowler Bryan 'Bomber' Wells reveals how far old bonds of comradeship in cricket have declined," writes David Foot in the Guardian blog.
Sriram Veera
25-Feb-2013
"The passing of radical bowler Bryan 'Bomber' Wells reveals how far old bonds of comradeship in cricket have declined," writes David Foot in the Guardian blog.
He came from the same rather incestuous, ecclesiastical city as two other slow bowlers of infinite cunning and eyes like an Edwardian poacher from the Forest of Dean, Charlie Parker and Tom Goddard. There was a natural anti-feudal sting to their words, especially that of Charlie, the farm labourer's boy who years later in his cups would quote Marx and the scriptures with equal fervou
Bomber Wells played cricket for fun. There are quite a few funny anecdotes involving his exchanges with his amateur captain to the mix-ups running between the wickets. "For God's sake, call," Sam Cook once begged him and back came the reply: "Heads."
Sriram Veera is a former staff writer at ESPNcricinfo