Cricket Administrator
May succeeded Alec Bedser as Chairman of the England cricket selectors in 1982 and held the post for seven years, including presiding over the notorious 1988 Summer of four captains. The reappointment of David Gower as captain for the disastrous 1989 Ashes series was widely seen as a mistake and precipitated May's departure from the role. He served as President of the Marylebone Cricket Club and posthumously as President of Surrey CCC from 1995 to 1996.
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