Turning Over the Pebbles

''If you carry on like this, you''ll do nothing but play football and cricket all your life.''

These were the exasperated words of Mike Brearley''s mother, as he once again trod mud into the family home after a long day playing outdoors. They were also an unwitting but half-accurate prediction, for Brearley would become one of the most successful sportsmen of his generation by playing cricket for C...