Daily Mirror

FIVE REAL ALL-ROUNDERS

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C.B. FRY (top) Played 26 Tests for England in a sporting career that included an England football cap, an FA Cup final for Southampto­n and jointly holding the long jump world record. RE ‘TIP’ FOSTER The only man to captain England at both cricket and football, scoring a world record 287 on his debut in 1903. NAWAB OF PATAUDI SR (middle) Three Tests for England and three Tests for India make him a rare dual national player, but he also went to the 1928 Olympics as part of the India hockey team. WILLIE WATSON

Played 23 Tests in a golden age of England

cricket in the 1950s after being a part of the 1950 football World Cup squad to Brazil. SIR IAN BOTHAM

(bottom) Claimed 383 Test wickets and scored 5,200 Test runs, but he is perhaps most proud of his 11 games for Scunthorpe.

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