Phil Sharpe (cricketer) Phil Sharpe (cricketer) Philip John Sharpe (27 December 1936 – 20 May 2014) was an English cricketer, who played in twelve Tests from 1963 to 1969, and was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1963. He played all of his county cricket for Yorkshire and Derbyshire, and played in Minor counties cricket for Norfolk. However he was despised by Geoff Boycott because of what Boycott perceived as his “social, rather weak and insipid attitude towards cricket”. The cricketing correspondent, Colin Bateman, remarked, "Phil Sharpe was possibly unique in that he was selected by England for his exceptional
Douglas Young (cricketer) Douglas Young (cricketer) Douglas Edmund Young (7 May 1917 – 27 December 1995) was an English cricketer. Young was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born at Wandsworth, London and educated at King's College School, Wimbledon. While studying at Brasenose College, Oxford, Young made his first-class debut for Oxford University Cricket Club against Glamorgan in 1938. He made nineteen further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1939. He was awarded a Blue in 1938 but in 1939 he played right up the University Match but was left