Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of Englands most successful opening batsmen and since retiring as a player, he has found further success as a cricket commentator. Boycott made his international debut in a 1964 Test match against Australia. He was noted for his ability to occupy the crease and became a key feature of Englands Test batting line up for many years, although he was less successful in his limited One Day International appearances. He accumulated large scores he is the equal fifth highest accumulator of firstclass centuries in history, eighth in career runs and the first English player to average over 100 in a season but often encountered friction with his team mates. Journalist Ian Wooldridge commented that Boycott, in short, walks alone, while cricket writer John Arlott wrote that Boycott had a lonely career. Others, however,

Boycott was born in the mining village of Fitzwilliam, near Wakefield and Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was the eldest of three sons of Jane and Thomas Wilfred Boycott, a colliery worker from Shropshire. When Boycott was eight years old, he was impaled through his chest by the handle of a mangle after falling off an iron railing near his home. Boycott nearly died, and in the efforts to save his life, his spleen was removed. In March 1950, Boycotts father had a serious accident while working as a coalminer. His spine was severely damaged after he was hit by empty coal carts Thomas Boycott never fully recovered, and died in 1967.

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