Yorkshire County Cricket Club chairman Mike Crawford and former England captain Ray Illingworth after ten hours of crisis meetings at Headingley on 17/09/1981. – Vintage Photograph

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On the 17th of September 1981, Yorkshire County Cricket Club chairman Mike Crawford and former England captain Ray Illingworth emerged from ten hours of crisis meetings at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds, UK. The meetings followed an announcement from Crawford that England international cricketer Geoffrey Boycott would not be suspended from the team, putting an end to the controversy surrounding the conflict between Boycott and Illingworth.On the 17th of September 1981, Yorkshire County Cricket Club chairman Mike Crawford and former England captain Ray Illingworth emerged from ten hours of crisis meetings at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds, UK. The meetings followed an announcement from Crawford that England international cricketer Geoffrey Boycott would not be suspended from the team, putting an end to the controversy surrounding the conflict between Boycott and Illingworth.

Dimensions: 20.3 x 20.3 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04737163

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UPI OUT Headingley, 17/9/81, PA: A tired looking Ray Illingworth after ten hours of crisis meetings at Headingley this evening followed by an announcement from Yorkshire County Cricket Club chairman hike Crawford, “Boycott is not suspended, that is all finished” and that Poycott and Illingworth will remain with Y000. (PAP 198345-2-Ba-z) SEE PA STORY YORKS’ TIMED 2131 & 2109.

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1861 DES LOI P.A. 18 SEP 1981