The true significance of Richard Nixon's resignation

The Times has published a series of vignettes which give a taste of the joyful way that Alan Gibson, the county circuit’s most colourful chronicler, operated. It's a fun, easy read. An excerpt:

The Hampshire announcer, 1974 Mr Shepheard’s best moment came when he said: “Play has been resumed in the Test match — oh, and by the way, President Nixon has resigned.” The cheer, a mixture of irony, relief and scorn, brought a man running out of the bar, thinking another wicket had gone. When he discovered it was nothing so important, he went back in again. Thus do the mighty fall.

In the same newspaper, Gibson's son Anthony captures the essence of a man whose writing on the county game brought it to life in a unique way.

He could turn his hand to so many different subjects, be so many different people, dominate the conversation in so many different areas, that he never quite fixed on what his central purpose in life was and never really derived much satisfaction from his achievements, perhaps because he knew that they were only a small part of what he was capable of.