Denzil Batchelor

Denzil Stanley Batchelor (23 February 1906 – 6 September 1969) was a British journalist, writer, poet, playwright, wine expert and a radio and television broadcaster.

His interest in sport continued after leaving university and saw him start his own cricket team, "The Batchelors.

[5] Batchelor had started to engage in public speaking by 1933 when he gave a talk on the writings of George Bernard Shaw in October that year.

[14] He served as a captain in the British Army during World War II, working in intelligence and propaganda.

He wrote books on a wide range of subjects, both sporting and non-sporting, but is chiefly remembered for those on cricket and boxing.

[18] Batchelor died in London from a heart attack in the autumn of 1969 while the Great Cricketers anthology, which he edited, was still in the press.

He had, in abundance, the quality we call gusto – a joyful, adventurous spirit which carried him through many trials and made him, once met, never forgotten.