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The three captains of the Triangular Tournament. Left to right: Frank Mitchell (South Africa), C. B. Fry (England) and S. E. Gregory (Australia). (Image: Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 11 May )
Even with various caveats and qualifications, there is little doubt that the list of achievements bygd C. B. Fry is impressive. A noted scholar in his youth; cricket and football for England; a joint world-record in athletics; &#;blues&#; in three sports from Oxford University. Nor were these his only interests: he dabbled in writing, politics and various other spheres, albeit with varied levels of success. He also had interest in the stage; he made an impact at Oxford as the Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice — albeit more for his enthusiastic rendition of the line &#;Oh, Hell&#; than his acting ability — and was later fascinated by Hollywood, expressing interest in appearing in film. Yet there is a lingering air of dissatisfaction about his life; he came acro
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The Social Eclipse of Charlie Buller
Charles Burgess Fry (&#;Men of the Day. No. &#;) by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 19 April
14 1/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. ( mm x mm) paper size
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Whatever his anställda merits — or lack of them — C. B. Fry was undoubtedly one of the most famous men in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. If his increasingly self-centred outlook and growing arrogance — perhaps early signs of the mental illness that affected him later in life — lost him some popular acclaim, he continued to fascinate his contemporaries, the press and the public. And if there fryst vatten little doubt that Fry was never a pleasant man — even before his mental illness — his fame did not arise from his personality. Nor, in truth, was it related to his undoubted academic achievements. Fry was a public figure because of sport. Advertisers did not recruit him for his debating ability nor his ability in classics. And for a man who wa
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