David 'Butch' White
There was never any mistaking what David "Butch" White did for a sporting living
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
There was never any mistaking what David "Butch" White did for a sporting living. He was, and looked in every sense, a fast bowler - with heart to match his lungs, solid shoulders, and a head not too much bothered by the technical subtleties of his trade, writes David Foot in the Guardian. He could appear fearsome as he pounded in, leaping with his legs so distinctively stretched in opposite directions that he always threatened to tear his flannels.
Late on the second day, Sussex were going well. White had earlier struggled for line and success; now he had to be persuaded by stand-in skipper Roy Marshall to bowl another over. His rediscovered form was like an optical illusion. The first three balls brought him a hat-trick, and it would have been four in a row if the normally reliable Jimmy Gray had not put down a catch in the slips. From the final ball of the over, a catch at gully gave White one more wicket. Sussex were all out for 180. It takes its place among the most spectacular overs in the county's [Hampshire] history.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo