John Arlott

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Short Name:	John Arlott
Full Name:	Arlott, John, 1914-1991
Birth Year:	1914
Death Year:	1991

Arlott, (Leslie Thomas) John. (Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, February 25, 1914- ). Son of William John and Nellie (Jenvey) Arlott. Queen Mary's School, Basingstoke. Civil servant, police detective, newspaper columnist and sports writer. Poet and anthologist. His hymns were published in the BBC Hymn Book of 1951.

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Wikipedia Biography

Leslie Thomas John Arlott, OBE (25 February 1914 – 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he became a cricket commentator noted for his "wonderful gift for evoking cricketing moments" by the BBC.

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