How close were Sussex to signing Fred Trueman?
17.06.26, 06:00 Updated 17.06.26, 10:07 2 Minute Read
Bruce Talbot
It’s 20 years next month since English cricket lost one of its iconic figures when Fred Trueman died at the age of 75.
Trueman was the first bowler to take 300 Test wickets and in a county career for Yorkshire which spanned 19 seasons he claimed 1,745 first-class victims.
When I was covering Sussex for the Evening Argus between 1994-2011, I always used to enjoy my visits to Headingley, not least because the press box at the front of the old rugby stand was regularly visited by former Yorkshire players, who would offer their view – often unsolicited – on everything from the state of England to the state Yorkshire and even the state of Sussex.
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