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John Hume - Nobel prize winning cricketer!

StackSteevens · 2020-08-07 11:00:03

I knew that Martin McGuinness was a big fan, but not that John Hume and Eamonn McCann were too - and that Hume actually played. Then this article in today's Irish Times led me to this:- https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2020/articles/000009/000902.shtml

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I knew that Martin McGuinness was a big fan, but not that John Hume and Eamonn McCann were too - and that Hume actually played. Then this article in today's Irish Times led me to this:-

https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2020/articles/000009/000902.shtml

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Regarding your thread title: To the best of my knowledge only 1 Nobel Prize winner has ever played 1st Class cricket. I'll give you a hint: It was an Irish lad!!

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