The Spin | Boris Karloff’s unlikely love of cricket lives on with foundation in his name
Actor known for his haunting film roles was president of Hollywood CC and his estate helps to fund the Windrush cricket festivalSeptember 1954 and with the first Ashes Test just two months and 10 days away a crowd gathered at Tilbury Docks to see off England’s cricketers as they departed for Australia. The previous night the traditional dinner had been held at Lord’s in their honour and according to one report the players indulged so freely of “an endless supply…
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