Bob Appleyard

The 1954-55 England Ashes players get their party hats on for a festive dinner in between some exhilarating victories

Bob Appleyard, the former Yorkshire and England bowler, has died after a period of ill health. He was 90

Bob Appleyard fought back from personal adversity to lay claim to one of the most remarkable stories in English cricket history

Sixty years ago, England arrived in New Zealand, ascendant. The hosts were weak but nobody realised just how low they would descend

Martin Williamson looks at the players who have overcome physical obstacles to play the game

Fifty years ago Len Hutton's team left England for an Ashes tour that has passed into legend

Stephen Chalke on retirement

These are peculiar days at Old Trafford

Stephen Chalke investigates bats of the 1950s and why players were keen to watch their weight

Everyone with a fair knowledge of cricketing `greats' knows that Bob Appleyard is the only player to capture 200 first class wickets in his first full season and that in the winter of 1954-55 he helped England bring back the Ashes for the first time

1969 The day David slayed Goliath

1939 An unlucky charm is born