Re: Gary Sobers 150 v England Lords 1973

Sobers was 37 years old at that time..you could see his age in his movement.  he scored that ton from memory

And what a memory.

Keith Boyce bowled with very decent pace in that match.

Saw it and it was a good knock but the platform was laid well.

Coming into this Test we had hopes of levelling the series but it was not to be.

Julien also made a wonderful ton to place the pressure on the English batsmen.

Whatever happened to Julien?

Someone may correct me but I think this is the only test match where both Kanhai and Sobers made centuries.

On the Saturday of the test Lord's announced a bomb scare. The ground was not evacuated. Most spectators casually made their way onto the hallowed Lord's turf and the West Indian players (or most of them) just kinda hung around the pavilion steps.

An act by Boycott also left me shocked. Boycott was a player who eliminated all risk from his strokeplay. So as you can imagine a Boycott innings could be somewhat boring. In the second innings Boyce comes steaming in and drops it short. Boycott hooks and is caught at deep square leg. A quite surprising dismissal.

The last I heard of Julian was a piece in I think the Trinidad Express. As I recall it he was not well but I am not sure what he is (was) suffering from.

He was a player who never quite lived up to his early promise and unfortunately for him he was tagged as being the "next Sobers".

simple:  Julian Loved to Pary.  He was a tall, slim man as handsome as you meet in days travel.  he was mixed and light skin with gray eyes.  he had lots of ability, could do everything..including womanize and dance.

the man had real trouble dealing with the content of his life..TOO MUCH GOOD IN HIS LIFE.  HE COULD NO. DECIDE BETWEEN ALL HE LOVED AND COULD DO WELL

Julien's cricket suffered.  he had competition..Colis King...who had no such 'natural' choices..only wanted to play cricket.  King turned out  to be more reliable I guess.

anyway..thats the story as I have it...no doub there is much more to it than that

Julian had the inside track but I cannot recall when the wheels fell off his wagon.

the wheels fell off in 1976 in england...both he and Gomes were dropped after after the first or second test.

Julien never came back...Gomes did