Mike (@ksmikey.bsky.social)

“He would not have objected to being described as a mercenary”: Phil Mead and the Battle with Poverty Phil Mead scored 55,061 first-class runs and 153 centuries in a career lasting from 1905 until 1936. Yet he only played 17 times for England, despite a Test average of 49.37. The reasons are simple: he played for an unfashionable county and was easy neither on the eye nor on his team-mates. https://oldebor.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/he-would-not-have-objected-to-being-described-as-a-mercenary-phil-mead-and-the-battle-with-poverty/