Cowdrey was awarded a CBE in 1972 , knighted in 1992 , ennobled in 1997 , and posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009 . He is the fourth ( and so far the last ) sportsman to be honoured with a memorial service in Westminster Abbey , following Sir Frank Worrell , Lord Constantine and Bobby Moore . The Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture was inaugurated in his memory
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
Colin Cowdrey