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Former president of the world famous R.S.O. Records (Eric Clapton
and The Bee Gees). Author of the best selling Bunbury Tails and
well known film star. Had two lines in “A Bridge Too Far”,
one to Robert Redford, the other to Sean Connery before spending
the rest of the film as a dead German. This performance is rumoured
to have earned Sir Dickie his Knighthood.
He has played for M.C.C., Middlesex II’s, The Cross Arrows
at Lords, is Club Captain of Finchley C.C. and president of the
Berkshire Schools C.A. This, plus being Ian Botham’s side
kick for the last twenty years qualifies him perfectly to captain
an XI whose performance on the field and off can be described as
unruly and occasionally psychopathic.
He M.C.’d “The King and I” roadshow with Ian Botham
and Viv Richards completing 148 nights worldwide. In November 1996
he teamed up with Ian and Allan Lamb and starred in another extravaganza
Beef and Lamb Balls ‘n’ All. In 1987 following the Eric
Clapton XI, he formed the Bunbury Cricket team which has raised
over £10 million for different charities.
He is chairman of Childlines entertainment committee and a patron
of the Make A Wish Foundation. As a Vice President of the English
Schools Cricket Association, each year he stages the Bunbury Festival,
the most important week for under 15 cricketers in this Country.
In 1992 he brought over the first South African team to play after
the lifting of Apartheid, resulting in the historical England V’s
South Africa Schoolboy Tests. This led to the the first ever Junior
World Cup of Cricket played in August 1996 - The Lombard World Challenge
won by India in a dramatic final at Lords against Pakistan.
Last year the Costcutter under 15 World Cricket Challenge took place
continuing Davids aim to give kids around the world the chance to
compete, forge friendships and simply do the best on the field of
sport.
On September 29th 1999 David English was presented with the Burke
Ford Special Merit Award for his outstanding contribution to cricket
by the Professional Cricketers Association Awards ‘dinner
of the century’ at the Royal Albert Hall. Proud manager of
the Mark Butcher. Bunbury band.
In 2000 he organised the greatest charity cricket match ever played
- P.C.A. Bunbury XI v Malcolm Marshall XI raising £50,000
for the Mali Marshall trust.
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