I knew someone who kept wicket to him at Knowle and said he was "nothing special", it's almost like he had a Robert Johnson crossroads moment later in his career. He also said he slept in the scorebox to save money.
I had a chat with my uncle the other day who, through a charity team, toured with some of the great players of the last 60 odd years. He made me laugh when I asked him about Sobers because he leaned forward like he was going to give me some great cricketing insight and said..... "what a dancer!^