Neville Cardus
Neville Cardus
Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus, CBEwas an English writer and critic. From an impoverished home background, and mainly self-educated, he became The Manchester Guardian's cricket correspondent in 1919 and its chief music critic in 1927, holding the two posts simultaneously until 1940. His contributions to these two distinct fields in the years before the Second World War established his reputation as one of the foremost critics of his generation...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth3 April 1888
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immense movement music obvious power rhythm
His immense power is lightened by a rhythm which has in it as little obvious propulsion as a movement of music by Mozart.
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A true batsman should in most of his strokes tell the truth about himself.