Matchless Alliss
Those of us of a certain age will remember a time when televised sport was not available on tap as it is today. In fact, it was largely confined to weekend afternoons when the most significant (and occasionally less significant) events arrived in our sitting rooms via Grandstand, described by a group of commentators whose voices became the soundtrack for their respective sports. Dan Maskell was Wimbledon and Murray Walker as much the sound of Formula 1 as the roaring engines. When golf was shown, it was accompanied by the dulcet tones and humorous phrases of Peter Alliss. Was ever a twinkle in the eye more audible than when Peter was commentating on the golf? I’m remembering those lazy afternoons listening to Alliss at The Open Championship, or perhaps the…
