... LEARIE CONSTANTINE IS AWARDED FIVE GUINEAS 7'7 Y N _T~-—— “Even if you couldn't buy a paper at least you could have found out the headlines ” ...

... Manchester evening Learie Constantine the hero of every schoolboy in the Lancashire town of Nelson and the idol of the West Indies Hit Men A BRIAN BEARSHAW SPECIAL SIR LEARIES NELSON TOUCH A BOY in Nelson I was brought up on Learie ...

... Evening News I for hire THURSDAY JULY 1 1971 Learie Constantine dies at 69 con?tantine Test cricket WeuSt fit? ter wh0 life dav to- 69 He slave renown statesman indomitable fighter racial prejudice Constantine— - first 1929 to play cricket for kelson as ...

... Good-bye, Learie LEARIE CONSTA.NTINE, the former West Indies Test cricketer who has lived in England for many years, sailed from Newcastle to-day for his native shores, where he has accepted a post as assistant legal Fadviser to an oil company in Trinidad ...

... with the bounce of an india-rubber ball has what it takes to caotivate the league crowds in the manner of the great Learie Constantine. whose efforts with Nelson in ore-war days brought world-wide attention to the Lancashire League. Collie, never without ...

... round proper by Workington. have drawn £950 from their six appearances in this year's F.A Cup competition Welcome to Learie Learie Constantine. the former Lancashire League cricketer and West Indies star, who qualified recently as a barrister, will be welcomed ...

... Names are news FAMOUS ex-Nelson cricketer Learie Constantine, on way back to Trinidad, bids farewell at League of Coloured Peoples dance to-morrow . . . Dr. Cyril Ailing - ton, Eton headmaster for 17 years, and later Dean of Durham, is 82 . . . from America ...

... Nelson many a championship, and the support he gave to the club's famous professionals —remember Jimmy Blankenberg, Learie Constantine and Ted Macdonald ? qualify him to speak with authority on the game to-day. WHAT does Alf think about the continued ...

... Remember 2 Just go back to the days when Learie Constantine, Ted McDonald. George Geary. and Ted Blankenberg were with the Nelson club. How those famous cricketers pulled in the crowds and what pleasure they brought to the league-cricket follower. Lees ...

... concerning colour discrimination arising from the request to Mr. Learie Constantine. the West Indian cricketer, to leave a London hotel are to be asked by eleven M.P.s. Stating that Mr. Constantine, having refused to leave the hotel, was persuaded to do so ...

... the old days the club was world-famous. Just think of the professional personalities the town brought to Lancashire. Learie Constantine, Ted Mac- Donald, George Geary, Arthur Richardson, and Jimmy Blankenberg all turned out for the Seedhill side and made ...

... Williams's Song Cycle: The House of Life. George - Parker (baritone). 11 0— Best of Yesterday (repeat talks): Learie Constantine, on My Grandparents Were Slaves. 11 30— Composer and Interpreter : Brahms. Gregor Paitigorsky ('cello), Arthur ...