Remember when John Aldridge ex Worcs and Tasmania, made his debut at Gorway.He paced out his run up, and ended up half way up the pavilion steps
I think he only coached Derbyshire and Somerset but maybe wrong.
The papers hardly cover Bāham league now.
Gregg Mathews was the best I have seen at Oldhill.
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I remember the great Alf Valentine playing for Walsall CC in 1951. He took 8 wickets in one of the matches I saw.
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This thread has become a load bails
Iāll be glad when itās all over.
Bit of a silly point.
Just looked it up, it was Graham not Terry,his meme was Graham Yallop, he captained Australia at one time, he was also the first player to wear a helmet apparently.
Umpires call.
Bet the Villa Fan kept that (Mole)
Do you remember when Tom Graveney came to play at Gorway. I think with Dudley.It was when he was between playing for Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. As a young lad my dad took me to watch him but all I recall is the queue to get in and sitting on a rather hard wooden bench. Early to mid fifties I would think.
His first season for Worcester was 1962, and because of the rules back then he was unable to play first class cricket in 1961. I donāt know if that was when he played for Dudley.
Later than I thought then .Was it just one season he couldnāt play I wonder?
Yes, just 1961 that was a blank for him.
Thanks for that. My memory must be playing tricks with me ā¦perhaps the queues and hard benches were when I was taken to see Alf Valentine rather than Graveney. I was 16 in 1961 and my dad was then too ill to take me anywhere and I think, on reflection ,I went with some mates.
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Thereās a quiz question in there Jumbo re: Graham Yallop. As you say he captained the Aussies and this was in the very early Packer years I think.
Yes, I think that he was Captain then, at a time when they struggled, although his own batting record for Australia was good iirc.
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Best you bail thenā¦
Not much of a fielder.Harry Lime was always put at third man, from what I remember.
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