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Cricket ‘trailblazer’ who starred in Pride of Britain documentary with Prince William dies aged 98 – as tributes pour in
TRIBUTES have been paid to “Windrush pioneer” and cricket trailblazer Alford Gardner, who has died at the age of 98. Mr Gardner was one of the last surviving passengers of the Empire Windrush and worked to break down racial barriers by setting up Britain’s first Caribbean cricket club. Cricket trailblazer Alford Gardner has died at the age of 98 He set up the club in Leeds in 1948 – three months after arriving in the UK from Jamaica on the HMT Empire Windrush. Mr Gardner had also served in the RAF as an engineer and motor mechanic during the Second World War. On Wednesday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said Mr Gardner “did so much for the black cricketing

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