Graham gooch autobiography definition

Graham Gooch recalls his experience of This Is Your Life in his autobiography

For the /91 tour to Australia, we were due to fly from Heathrow on a Thursday in the middle of October, but we were told to assemble at the Excelsior Hotel near the airport early the evening before.

I took a bit of hump at that, losing my last evening with the kids at home because Micky Stewart and Ted Dexter wanted an inaugural team meeting to get the tour off on the right foot. So I hugged and kissed the kids and my Dad drove me down to the hotel.

At once I saw Allan Lamb in the bar and, as he was never the promptest of people, I was pleased that my vice-captain was out to show me up for punctuality. Dad stayed for one drink, then we went along the corridor into one of the hotel meeting-rooms and before I could wonder why everyone in the team was looking so dolled-up and smart in their ties and blazers, Michael Aspel jumped out and said, 'Graham Gooch - This is Your Life!'

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