Rugby's Sir Gareth, England cricketer Anderson gets OBE
Former Wales scrumhalf Gareth Edwards was knighted and English cricket's leading test wicket-taker James Anderson was given the OBE in the Queen's summer honours list announced on Friday. Edwards, 67, won 53 caps for Wales from 1967-1978, 13 as captain, and played 10 times for the British & Irish Lions on their victorious tours of New Zealand in 1971 and South Africa in 1974. A Rugby World magazine poll in 2003 named him as the greatest player of all time.
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