Controversies in 1967

2 incidents documented

Sir Frank Worrell Dies — Lying in State at Westminster Abbey, March 1967

West Indies

1967-03-13

Sir Frank Worrell died of leukemia in Kingston, Jamaica on 13 March 1967, aged 42. The first Black man to captain West Indies in a full Test series, he had been knighted in 1964 and was working as Warden of the University of the West Indies' Mona campus when his illness was diagnosed. Two months after his death he became the first sportsman ever to have a memorial service at Westminster Abbey, with Learie Constantine reading the lesson.

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Boycott's 246 — and a Test Off, June 1967

England vs India

1967-06-08

On 8 June 1967 at Headingley, Geoff Boycott carried his bat for an unbeaten 246 against India in 573 minutes. The selectors, watching the same innings from the Long Room, dropped him for the next Test. It was the only time in Test history that an unbeaten double-centurion was omitted from the next match for slow scoring.

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