In the Times of October 27, 1915, he was the author of an article on The Greatest of Cricketers - An Appreciation of Dr Grace. It is said that Shacklock, the former Nottinghamshire player, inspired him with the Christian name of his famous character, Sherlock Holmes, and that of the ...
Surrey CCC Second Eleven Championship scores 2013: The Oval: 8-10 April - Surrey 305 (GC Wilson 100, J Lewis 57, RJ Burns 47, MD Lezar 2-53) & 113-5d (VS Solanki 43, GJ McCarter 2-19). Gloucestershire 194 (EGC Young 43, IA Cockbain 41, G Keedy 4-36, TE Linley 3-33) ...
26 March 1967 – Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald) 27 March 1967 – Royal York Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Fabulous 208) 29 March 1967 – Stonehouse Church Hall, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire with The Medium Rare (Gloucester Citizen) 30 March 1967 – Embassy Suite, Colchester,...
Tomorrow, at The Cricketers on Addiscombe Road, there’s a day-and-night-long ‘lock-in’ from 4pm to midnight, called ‘(Pub)lic House’, to celebrate Croydon pub culture, that will include music, workshops and a film screening led by PHOEBE WAGNER and her father, ROGER WAGNER. With...
My paternal grandfather was a regular at The Eleven Cricketers, a pub in Storrington at the time; no longer a pub. They commissioned a cartoon style drawing of him telling the tale of his life (see below). This was entitled On the field, in the field. This hung on the wall of the...
4 September 1965 – Cricketers Inn, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser) 4 September 1965 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Mob (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser) 9 September 1965 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Arou...
The cricket green is close by and still has the feel of a tranquil Surreyvillage. Cricket has been played here since 1730 and the club claims to be theoldest in Britain. There are three old pubs: the Burn Bullock, the Hooden on the Green and TheCricketers. Mitcham Common has 460 acre...
22 January 1968 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Coulsdon & Purley Advertiser) 26 January 1968 – Tiger’s Head, Downham, southeast London (South East London Mercury) 27 January 1968 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Reaction (Gloucester Citizen) ...
11 April 1965 – Riverside Club, Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald) 18 April 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex with The Flowerpots (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser) 24 April 1965 – New Georgian Club, Uxbridge, northwest London (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette) 30 Apr...