IN THE classic style, the chaps would line up before the timber pavilion, under the clock, which had stopped dead in 1905, for the pre-season photograph. The shorter players would sit at the front on the bench with the taller ones standing behind. All wore crisp, white flannels, except for a singular figure, usually wearing spectacles, an embarrassed grin and a baggy club blazer with its pockets swollen by pens, reference books and apples.Read