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Lifelines with Mike Brearley OBE
Conversations with eminent people about their life and work
***PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE*** this event has been moved from 24th March to 7th April John Michael Brearley OBE (born 1942 in Harrow) former captain of the England cricket team and President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (2007–08) is our guest at Burgh House for the next in our Lifelines serise.
Brearley took over as captain of England in 1977. His excellent man-management skills drew the very best from the players in his team, although he was fortunate to be able to call on the services of Bob Willis, David Gower and Ian Botham at their peak. Having passed the England captaincy to Ian Botham in 1980, Brearley breifly returned as captain following Botham's resignation for the famous third Test against Australia at Headingley in 1981, famously going on to win the match and two of the remaining three matches of the series to win the Ashes 3-1.
Today Brearley is a psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, motivational speaker, and part-time cricket journalist for The Observer. He was awarded the OBE in 1978, and published The Art of Captaincy in 1985. He opposed sporting links with apartheid South Africa, seconding a motion to the MCC in 1968 calling for the cessation of tours until there was actual progress towards non-racial cricket. He seconded the motion from David Sheppard to the MCC, calling for the England tour to South Africa to be cancelled, and was a supporter of John Arlott who campaigned in The Guardian for the same objective.
Brearley took over from Doug Insole as President of MCC on 1 October 2007, and chose Derek Underwood to succeed him at the end of his term Tickets are £12, Friends of BH £10. Buffet supper inc wine an additional £18 Friends of Burgh House please enter FoBH in the voucher code field to receive your discount. Please bring your membership card with you to the event. To become a friend of Burgh House please visit our website.
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