That News of the World expose is one of the best pieces of journalism I've seen. I wish I was clever enough to set up a sting like that.
Regarding Herbie Collins, I used to know Hunter "Stork" Hendry, who had the time of his death in 1988 was the oldest former Test player. Stork was convinced that Collins had thrown the deciding test at the Oval in the 1926 series when Australian captain.
I've not heard this elsewhere and throwing a Test match is not the easiest thing to achieve, but Collins' decisions in that match are open to criticism, at the very least.
He was a gambler, and he lost the captaincy after that Oval Test.
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