
Thanks, theo.
Rupert Davies, James Mason, Alec Guinness, Denholm Elliott, Gary Oldman and the best, Simon Russell-Beale. The link?![]()
All played centre-half for Barrow in the 50's?
I suppose I should've set a harder one. 
Oldman, Guinness and Russell Beale I know played le Carre's George Smiley...

You didn't mean 10-pin, did you? I'll start searching that right away...A former Worcestershire bowler, an even older Kent bowler and a more recent Notts/Derbyshire bowler...what links them?

They all played cricket?![]()

The clue could mean that they never had a six hit off them, so I'll go with that.
I remember a Yardley but thought he was a Yorkshire player.Yes, OFH, you're a third of the way there...
I remember a Yardley but thought he was a Yorkshire player.