Original BBC TV footage of Boycott’s 100th Hundred

23 Responses to “Original BBC TV footage of Boycott’s 100th Hundred”

1. m.speight
   December 18th, 2009 @ 5:58 pm

   Still the greatest living Yorkshireman, calls a spade a spade and talks a lot of sense.
   I would like to ask Boyks one thing, when are the powers that be going to clamp down on this hysterical appealing when they think they have a wicket.
   Do the muppets know how silly they luck.
   Malc.

2. Edgar
   January 19th, 2010 @ 8:52 pm

   Nice to finally see the thing after hearing you talk about it on TMS. However, I can’t see a date. Looks like late ’70s or early ’80s. When was it? regards, D.

3. Mark
   February 4th, 2010 @ 11:57 am

   Edgar, it says in the video he was 36 years old. He was born 21 October 1940.

   Do the math.

   Mark.

4. Dean Measor
   February 22nd, 2010 @ 11:04 am

   Geoffrey Boycott is an absolute inspiration to everyone.
   Totally misguided and managed as a player, his determination, desire and will to do his very best at all times is something I will never forget.
   Geoffrey Boycott has kept me going during my entire life which has been plagued with serious illness, depression and constant surgeries. If ever I’m down I read “Boycott the Autobiography” and draw and cling on to every bit of inspiration I can from his many battles and achievements in life.
   Geoffrey Boycott is the one person I would love to meet in person as I would simply say thank you.
   Dean Measor.

5. Dean Measor
   February 22nd, 2010 @ 11:11 am

   Dear Geoffrey,
   Is there any way I could write to you or contact you, I’m English but have married an Australian girl and now live in Melborne.
   I’m 44 and have followed you since the age of nine. Thank you for all your inspiration, you have kept me going many, many, years.
   My Kindest Regards,
   Dean Measor.

6. Dean Measor
   February 23rd, 2010 @ 8:33 am

   To get the honest and most fasinating insight into this special moment in sporting history you need to go no further than reading Geoff’s Number One best seller “BOYCOTT-THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY” It is so clever and well written it is like you are actually Geoff Boycott yourself as he retraces every emotion before-during-and after the great moment.
   Please read the chapter (and the book) if any one hasn’t – you will find it so honest and real.

   All the very best Geoff and all the very best to all your loyal fans.
   DEAN MEASOR.

7. Dean Measor
   February 23rd, 2010 @ 4:12 pm

   629 minutes of pure toil and sweat for England.

   9 runs short of which should have been Geoffrey Boycott’s 10th First Class Century.

   LOOK AT THIS FOR AN AMAZING RECORD!
   WHAT A CHAMPION!

   260 not out 1970 v Essex
   204 not out 1972 v Leicestershire
   201 not out 1975 v Middlesex
   220 not out 1967 v Northamptonshire
   214 not out 1983 v Nottinghamshire
   207 not out 1976 v Cambridge University
   246 not out 1967 v India
   261 not out 1974 v President’s X1
   243 1967-8 v Barbados

   9 DOUBLE CENTURIES!
   8 TIMES NOT OUT!

   WHAT A RECORD! WHAT A CHAMPION!
   Geoffrey Boycott makes you proud to be English.

   All the best Geoff and all his loyal fans.
   Dean Measor.

8. Dean Measor
   February 23rd, 2010 @ 4:39 pm

   Dear Geoffrey and all his loyal fans,

   a GREAT way to really enjoy and understand (just a little from OUR point of view) what it was like waiting for that ball from Greg Chappell and all that was ticking over in Geoff’s head and everything that then follows is to watch the above BBC footage whilst reading the exact pages from his Autobiography.

   pages 223-225

   Because Geoff wrote it SO WELL and honest you get to know what was racing around in his head that faithfull moment….

   for example

   “Don’t hook, even if he slips in the bouncer…look for the gap around extra cover or through the on side if he puts it in the slot…My mind was working overtime before he bowled the delivery that mattered.”

   Well, that was oficially what was going on in Geoff’s head but I don’t know about the rest of you good people, but Geoff Boycott looks as “cool as a cucumber” (as Bill Lawry would say) and 100% totally in control chewing that gum and adjusting his collar…??? Just shows you what’s really going on in his determined mind.

   The Chapter is also brilliant as Geoff talks about all events leading up to the day, and all that follwed in a fascinating and honest way…plus it’s dead entertaining!!!!!!!….great writing… And from someone who failed his 11 plus??????:-)

   What a genious! is our Geoffrey Boycott….

   All the best Geoff and all his loyal fans.
   DEAN MEASOR

9. Dean Measor
   February 24th, 2010 @ 6:40 am

   191=629 minutes of pure toil and sweat for England.

   100th hundred in First Class Cricket!! but it
   was an unlucky 9 runs short of which should have been Geoffrey Boycott’s 10th First Class
   D O U B L E Century.

   LOOK AT THIS FOR AN AMAZING RECORD!
   WHAT A CHAMPION!

   260 not out 1970 v Essex
   204 not out 1972 v Leicestershire
   201 not out 1975 v Middlesex
   220 not out 1967 v Northamptonshire
   214 not out 1983 v Nottinghamshire
   207 not out 1976 v Cambridge University
   246 not out 1967 v India
   261 not out 1974 v President’s X1
   243 1967-8 v Barbados

   9 DOUBLE CENTURIES!
   8 TIMES NOT OUT!

   WHAT A RECORD! WHAT A CHAMPION!
   Geoffrey Boycott makes you proud to be English.

   All the best Geoff and all his loyal fans.
   Dean Measor.

   Dean Measor

10. Dean Measor
    February 24th, 2010 @ 7:36 am

    Dear Geoff and all his loyal fans!
    HERE IS A GREAT THREAD, EVERYONE COULD POST WHERE THEY WERE AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING AROUND 10 to 6 on that famous day above when Geoff Boycott made history…….

    I could start it off- I was watching (glued) to the TV in Australia (aged 12) and remember the pitch invasion, fans offering Geoff a glass of bubbly and beer on the ground, Geoff putting his hands in the air, the England balcony and the beautiful English Summer day.

    I bet there are a million more exciting stories than that out there, maybe you were one of the fans who offered Geoff a drink?? maybe you were in a far off land?? the great Brian Clough even stopped everything for it!!

    Would love to hear your story, all the very best to all.
    Dean Measor

11. Dean Measor
    February 24th, 2010 @ 8:10 am

    My Australian Wife (not a cricket fan) watched the above BBC footage of Geoff Boycott’s 100th hundred and I kept quiet (which was hard as I always speak of Geoff Boycott..)

    The first thing she said…Gosh, wow, he looks like a really strong, fit and healthy man.

    I told her Geoff’s age at the time and that he played First Class Cricket until he was 45 and she was shocked. Especially about how fit and healthy and strong he looked for nearly 37 in the footage. I expained Geoff’s accident at the age of 8 and his spleen being removed, also his dear old Dad who suffered a crippling back injury, I also spoke about proud and strong Jane Boycott and how Geoff cared for her in later life and during her
    illness. I told her about Geoff’s brave battle with cancer and even showed her a photo of a 10 year old steely eyed determined Boycott….

    She was very impressed and Geoff has another fan.

    All the very best to all
    Dean Measor.

12. Dean Measor
    February 24th, 2010 @ 8:26 am

    I see something new and different in the BBC footage every time I watch it, I love seeing all the fans, their reactions, the police, the other players, Geoff, the balcony, everything…I could watch it a 1000 times a week and I would never get tired of it.

    I love how Geoff wore his sleeves rolled up above his elbows, equal width, his collar up, his gum chewing…He always looked immaculate, even after 300 minutes of batting!

    I really love the bubbly in a glass and the beer in a glass offered to Geoff when the fans invade the pitch and Geoff looks gobbed smacked-outer body even-

    I really love the guy who is virtually the last to greet and congratualte Geoff (he is the tall man in blue shirt) He is determined to shake hands with Geoff and congratulate him when a Police Man says something to him…probably something like..get off the bloody ground, give the man some space,,,,

    Well the guy in the blue shirt has a right old Yorkshire go at the Police Man as if the copper is the one breaking the law or the one out of order, he angrily says to the Police Man look pal I’m going to shake the great mans hand and there’s nowt your going to do about it!
    Like try and stop me pal…

    Great Stuff
    All the very best to everyone,
    Dean Measor

13. Dean Measor
    February 24th, 2010 @ 8:30 am

    Imagine batting 1014 times!!! in First Class Cricket…..and only being bowled out 142 times??? WHAT A DEFENCE! WHAT A CONCENTRATION!

    All the very best to everyone
    Dean Measor

14. Dean Measor
    February 24th, 2010 @ 8:34 am

    I am so GLAD this amazing feat happened against AUSTRALIA,,,, was against a Chappell bowling,,, was in England,,, and on Geoff Boycott’s home turf!!!!

    a kind of karma as Geoff might say.

    All the very best to Geoff and all his loyal fans,
    Dean Measor.

15. Dean Measor
    February 24th, 2010 @ 9:07 am

    Anyone of us who has played cricket or followed the great game I ask as world wide friends and fans of the great Geoff Boycott to really step back for 10 minutes and think about what an achievement and effort it is to make 100 hundreds…..not in the back yard or the street….not for the school….not for the local village 11….not for your local club….. but FIRST CLASS CRICKET….
    We are talking Yorkshire and England????
    100 times Geoff Boycott made a century and then he did it another 51 times!!!!!

    I’m trying to imagine the years of dedication, self control, sacrifice, practice, injuries, politics, and shear determination and talent needed.

    48000 runs!!!!

    Absolutley outstanding.
    All the best to Geoff Boycott and all his loyal fans
    Dean Measor

16. Dean Measor
    March 5th, 2010 @ 6:07 pm

    14 fours, 14th test century, 5th against Australia, 319 minutes, 1st ever Century against Australia on this ground, 18th person to achieve 100 hundreds, 3rd Yorkshire player to do so. aged 36.

    What a come back, what a legend!

    All the very best to Geoff Boycott and all his loyal fans.

    DEAN MEASOR.

17. Dean Measor
    March 25th, 2010 @ 10:55 am

    Just watched this classic event once again, what a “great” he is!
    all the best to all,
    Dean Measor.

18. Dean Measor
    April 1st, 2010 @ 3:27 pm

    Wonder how many test 100′s our Geoff would have made if he had played those 2-3 years in the 70′s and also after 82?
    all the very best to Geoff and all his fans,
    DEAN MEASOR.

19. Dean Measor
    December 15th, 2010 @ 8:46 am

    I could watch this a million more times and still get goose bumps!
    BRILLIANT!

    Dean Measor.

20. Andy
    December 19th, 2010 @ 10:30 pm

    Geoff is a true sporting legand.
    Sheer determination and guts also the self arrogance (which all sporting people need to succeed) of getting where he is today.
    Geoff boycott a man of many words AND ACTIONS..

21. Dean Measor
    May 6th, 2011 @ 8:08 am

    The above sporting footage is the “very best” on YouTube.

    Dear Geoffrey and all his loyal fans,

    a GREAT way to really enjoy and understand (just a little from OUR point of view) what it was like waiting for that ball from Greg Chappell and all that was ticking over in Geoff’s head and everything that then follows is to watch the above BBC footage whilst reading the exact pages from his Autobiography.

    pages 223-225

    Because Geoff wrote it SO WELL and honest you get to know what was racing around in his head that faithfull moment….

    for example

    “Don’t hook, even if he slips in the bouncer…look for the gap around extra cover or through the on side if he puts it in the slot…My mind was working overtime before he bowled the delivery that mattered.”

    Well, that was oficially what was going on in Geoff’s head but I don’t know about the rest of you good people, but Geoff Boycott looks as “cool as a cucumber” (as Bill Lawry would say) and 100% totally in control chewing that gum and adjusting his collar…??? Just shows you what’s really going on in his determined mind.

    The Chapter is also brilliant as Geoff talks about all events leading up to the day, and all that follwed in a fascinating and honest way…plus it’s dead entertaining!!!!!!!….great writing… And from someone who failed his 11 plus??????:-)

    What a genious! is our Geoffrey Boycott….

    All the best Geoff and all his loyal fans.
    DEAN MEASOR

    191=629 minutes of pure toil and sweat for England.

    100th hundred in First Class Cricket!! but it
    was an unlucky 9 runs short of which should have been Geoffrey Boycott’s 10th First Class
    D O U B L E Century.

    LOOK AT THIS FOR AN AMAZING RECORD!
    WHAT A CHAMPION!

    260 not out 1970 v Essex
    204 not out 1972 v Leicestershire
    201 not out 1975 v Middlesex
    220 not out 1967 v Northamptonshire
    214 not out 1983 v Nottinghamshire
    207 not out 1976 v Cambridge University
    246 not out 1967 v India
    261 not out 1974 v President’s X1
    243 1967-8 v Barbados

    9 DOUBLE CENTURIES!
    8 TIMES NOT OUT!

    WHAT A RECORD! WHAT A CHAMPION!
    Geoffrey Boycott makes you proud to be English.

    All the best Geoff and all his loyal fans.
    Dean Measor.

22. DEAN MEASOR
    October 21st, 2011 @ 11:02 am

    I remember reading in Geoff’s brilliant Autobiography that Jeff Thomson and Len Pascoe were mouthing off to a Taxi driver on the way to the ground, saying that… “If they, (Australia) bowled first, then they were going to KILL THAT B****D BOYCOTT (that) day!”

    What a load of bollocks!

    Jeff Thomson, in his one and only test match during his very last English Ashes Campaign, just made it to 200 test wickets. (Gooch being his last victim from memory?) He-(Thomson) was the fastest “I” have ever seen although Geoff Boycott says that Michael Holding was slightly faster…. And the very best he has ever played against. (Richie Benaud says TYSON was slightly quicker than Thomson)

    I remember Len Pascoe changing his name. I know from memory, his best bowling figures in a test match ever, was a five for. I also remember his lack of temperament, especially in the early days of World Series Cricket. Sir Viv Richards used to “play” with Pascoe’s extra short pitched bowling all the time. Usually with a casual chew of his gum, a little tap of his bat on the ground, and then one, two, sometimes three steps down the wicket…. and there goes Lenny’s 140 km bouncer straight over mid wicket for six every time! The funniest thing was that Pascoe would bowl the same, exact ball again and again for the same result from Richards! What a moby! Every time with a swearing curse and glare to the likes of Richards, Fredricks, Greenidge. and co… Not the smartest of fast bowlers.
    I must admit I don’t remember at the time, but Pascoe’s bowling “action” was also questioned as a “thrower/chucker.”
    To be fair, I think Jeff Thomson had the greatest bowling action ever and I wonder just how fast he actually was around say 73/74-75 (pre-Turner collision??)
    I love the fact that Greg “I’m not batting badly, I just keep getting out” Chappell, is the bowler Geoff smacked to the boundary in the famous above moment in sport. The only thing better in my mind, would have been his older brother Ian Chappell bowling his “leg spin” to the great man.

    I love the gentle tapping of the bat on the pitch, the gentle sweeping/sliding away bit of gardening Geoff does and the absolute COOL AS ICE look Geoff has on his face.
    …….And then to know now what was actually going on in (Geoff’s) mind……. A million thoughts at a million miles an hour. And for example, being still awake at 4AM “that” morning talkiing to a Night Porter to get the air conditioner to work?
    It’s a great moment in Cricket History……but now Geoff has made ANOTHER name for himself as an OUTSTANDING and forthright Cricket commentator/authority.

    Geoff’s battle and victory over cancer is quite unbelievable if you stop to think about all the great, tough, and courageous people we have all known, who haven’t been so fortunate in their personal battle with the terrible illness-disease.

    I noticed (for the first time) when Geoff came to Australia last year, (2010) that the entire sporting authorities seemed to treat him with a sense of grandeur-respect.

    I wish Geoff got the chance to Captain England for at least 5 years straight, but the son of a Miner from Yorkshire didn’t fit the picture in those days??

    They (England and the cricket loving world) wouldn’t have known what had hit them!

    I love his comments, observations and opinions and even if you don’t agree with them 100%, they always make logical sense and are valid points, and still funnier than ever at times….

    (example) Geoff talking about his like of pop music and………..”I like that Katy Perry” whilst chatting to Blowers recently at Trent Bridge is an absolute classic. (check youtube if you missed it)

    God Bless Geoffrey Boycott, I say.
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY

    Dean Measor.

23. Dean Measor
    October 24th, 2011 @ 3:47 pm

    Dear Geoff

    I can’t sleep as I have a medical specialist to see tomorrow/today so I turned to “my” bible. (3AM, Melbourne time)

    Just enjoyed reading about when you were a young lad and you took 7/9 and were beaten for the prize when another youngster took 7/8! You were heartbroken, but you then took 6/10 and scored 45 not out in a match against Royston… You won the “all-rounder award” and the prize of a Len Hutton bat(White as snow with black writing on it) which you go on to say was used and used till it fell to bits.
    It was the best thing you ever had in your life.
    A great story.

    All the very best to you and all your loyal fans.
    Dean Measor.