EVER KNOWN A CENTRE-HALF WHO COULD BREAK COCONUTS WITH HIS HEAD? OR A BOWLER THAT GOT BITTEN BY HIS OWN FALSE TEETH.? SPORTING FEVER RUNS IN THE BLOOD. MICHAEL INHERITED THE DISEASE FROM A CRICKET-CRAZY GRANDFATHER WHO THOUGHT NOTHING OF TRUDGING THIRTY MILES TO SEE YORKSHIRE PLAY, AND IT NOW LOOKS AS IF HIS OWN CHILDREN HAVE FALLEN PREY TO IT.