786 first-class matches leave him 10th on the all-time list. Only four outfielders have taken more catches. Close continued to turn out to help train Yorkshire youngsters, appearing for Yorkshire Colts XI in his seventies, sometimes captaining games and taking the short leg position without a helmet, a position he had taken so many times in the past. According to Imran Khan, Close once stood his ground when fielding at short leg when a batsman played a pull shot, the ball hit him on the forehead, rebounded and was caught at cover. Khan commented: "We are not all bullet-headed Yorkshiremen, however, and I don't recommend copying Close." Close died of lung cancer on 13 September 2015, aged 84. Notes and references Notes References Further reading Printed sources Mike Procter and Cricket by Mike Procter Websites Charity-golf.com (Accessed 26 February 2005) Thisisbradford.co.uk (Accessed 26 February 2005) External links 1931 births 2015 deaths Leeds United F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Combined Services cricketers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Commonwealth XI cricketers England cricket team selectors England Test cricket captains English footballers England youth international footballers English cricketers of 1946 to 1968 England One Day International cricketers People from Rawdon, West Yorkshire Somerset cricket captains International Cavaliers cricketers Presidents of Yorkshire County Cricket Club Wisden Cricketers of the Year Yorkshire cricket captains People educated at Aireborough Grammar School Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers North v South cricketers Players cricketers Association football forwards English cricketers D. H. Robins' XI cricketers T. N. Pearce's XI cricketers 20th-century British Army personnel Royal Corps of Signals soldiers 20th-century British businesspeople England Test cricketers