After World War Two a number of Commonwealth cricketers gave up the possibility of long term Test careers in order to earn a living with English counties – one of the very best of them was Roy Marshall of Hampshire and West Indies

That got your attention. Read on for the story of Peter Burge, who we believe was unrelated to CW’s finest, but as the quote from Mike Atherton demonstrates their personalities are not dissimilar, so perhaps there is a common heritage

In this feature Martin looks back at the life of one of the most combative all-rounders there has been, Eddie Barlow of South Africa, the Rest of the World and Derbyshire