Article: TEST CRICKET'S 'BEARDED WONDER' BILL DIES AT 69; Fans mourn legendary radio scorer.(News)

Article: Cricket's bearded wonder is dead; Respected: Bill ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 31, 2009 ;     680 words ... ... s disease, it was announced last night. Nicknamed The Bearded Wonder for his encyclopaedic knowledge, Frindall had been scorer ... but Bill made it lively,' he said. 'He was called The Bearded Wonder by Brian Johnston because you could throw any question at ...

Article: A fond farewell to cricket's Bearded Wonder
The Independent - London;  January 31, 2009 ;     644 words ... ... late Brian Johnston, who popularised the nickname "The Bearded Wonder". His work was to go beyond scoring for TMS after he took ... of scorers whose work he did so much to champion." The Bearded Wonder made scoring sexy. CRICKET, SPORT, PAGES 12-14

Article: [pounds sterling]1m will of cricket's Bearded ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  July 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... knowledge and laconic sense of humour earned him the nickname 'Bearded Wonder' from the legendary commentator Brian Johnston. Yet Bill ... any kind of grudge.' CAPTION(S): DEEP REGRETS: 'Bearded Wonder' Bill Frindall at the microphone on his beloved Test Match ...

Article: Howzat! The cricket buff who never gets it wrong He's known as ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...He's known as the Bearded Wonder - a veritable walking encyclopedia of cricket - and, at 68 ... encyclopedic memory to remind us of days gone by. For the Bearded Wonder from Wiltshire has spent the last 42 summers as the scorer ...

Article: 'BEARDED WONDER' DIES.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 31, 2009 ;     375 words ... ... 69, was known to millions of cricket fans who followed the game through BBC radio's Test Match Special simply as 'The Bearded Wonder.' Frindall (right), born in Epsom, Surrey, was perhaps the only person to become famous for scoring cricket matches ...

Article: Bearded Wonder's [pounds sterling]1m will reveals ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  July 19, 2009 ;     419 words ...HE was the 'Bearded Wonder' whose vast memory for cricket facts delighted fans of the BBC's Test Match Special. But Bill Frindall's obsession with the ...

Article: 'The bearded wonder': Cricket's most cherished ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  February 2, 2009 ;     541 words ... ... who has died from Legionnaire's disease. Frindall was the Test Match Special scorer from 1966 and was christened The Bearded Wonder by late commentator Brian Johnston for his encyclopaedic knowledge of cricket facts. It is believed the 69-year- old ...