The Lee brothers bucked the trend in that only one of them had anything to do with storied schools, and that was as a coach at Mill Hill when he was long out of short trousers. An unusual net as Basil Foster, of Worcestershire teaches Rosaline Courtneidge how to bat in a dressing room at the Savoy Theatre. Salamander became the 40-1 winner of the 1866 Grand National and Edward apparently made £50,000 that day, the equivalent of more than £6m today. To cut a long story outrageously short, George fell ill and CT, inspired by another encounter with Moody and Sankey, turned to religion. And so, to summarise, the Curran kids have still got some work to do before they join the list of cricket’s most exceptional siblings.

Source: The Guardian March 30, 2021 10:30 UTC