Person

Margaret Hughes

Peerage person ID=706743

Peerage person ID=706743

Notable quotes

“A great cricketer must be an artist and express himself in his strokes.”
— All On A Summer's Day (1953).
“'This is the stupidest place I have ever visited,' she said. 'I shall never come here again.' The tall man looked at her in silence and nodded. 'Yes, you will,' he said. 'You won't be able to stay away now that you have come.'”
— All On A Summer's Day (1953).
“Now the Englishmen suddenly came to life. Four runs later Harvey received a beast of a ball from Tyson which spat up at him and splashed off his bat to Cowdrey, 104 for 4.”
— The Long Hop (1955).
“As we at all times criticise the Premier for his management of home affairs, call Mr Butler a fool for his Budget, find fault with Beecham's conducting, or Gielgud's performance, can we not, sometimes, say that our cricketers are not quite so brilliant as usual?”
— The Long Hop (1955).
“I have been treated as a freak, rather like the fat lady at the circus.”
— On the reaction of male journalists to a female reporting cricket. Guardian obituary

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