X-Nico

4 unusual facts about Neville Cardus


Emmott Robinson

Neville Cardus, The Roses Matches 1919 - 1939, Collins, 1982

Sir Neville Cardus often wrote about him with great affection in his newspaper articles, frequently referring to him as "the old Emmott".

Frederic Austin

Neville Cardus, who saw him in the role beside Agnes Nicholls and Frederick Ranalow, wrote: "Nobody else has passed across the closing scene of the opera with half of Austin's grace of bearing and suggestion of courtly cynicism".

Harry Makepeace

"I count Makepeace amongst the immortals of Lancashire and Yorkshire cricket," wrote Neville Cardus.



see also