pt ons hire ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁when ▁B ake well ' s ▁career ▁ended ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁broken ▁arm ▁in ▁a ▁car ▁crash ▁that ▁also ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁fatal ity ▁of ▁team mate , ▁Regin ald ▁North way . ▁ ▁The ▁post - war ▁recovery ▁After ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁things ▁could ▁only ▁get ▁better ▁for ▁North am pt ons hire ▁and ▁they ▁started ▁by ▁rec ruit ing ▁widely ▁from ▁other ▁count ies ▁and ▁countries , ▁bringing ▁in ▁Fred die ▁Brown ▁from ▁Sur rey ; ▁the ▁Austral ians ▁J ock ▁Living ston , ▁George ▁Tri be ▁and ▁Jack ▁Mann ing ; ▁the ▁New ▁Ze al ander ▁Peter ▁Arnold ; ▁and ▁the ▁Cambridge ▁University ▁opening ▁bat ▁and ▁leg - sp inner ▁Ram an ▁Sub ba ▁Row . ▁Brown ▁joined ▁as ▁captain ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁and ▁led ▁the ▁team ▁to ▁six ▁place ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁season ▁after ▁previous ▁years ▁of ▁disappoint ment . ▁Under ▁the ▁new ▁leadership ▁of ▁Dennis ▁Brook es ▁( a ▁stal wart ▁b ats man ▁for ▁over ▁ 2 0 ▁years ), ▁finished ▁second ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁their ▁best ▁finish ▁for ▁ 4 5 ▁years . ▁This ▁was ▁mainly ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁bow ling ▁attack ▁of ▁Frank ▁T ys on , ▁Vincent ▁Bro der ick , ▁Michael ▁Allen , ▁George ▁Tri be ▁and ▁Mann ing . ▁North am pt ons hire ▁were ▁widely ▁considered ▁the ▁best ▁team ▁in ▁England ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9