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Post by The Concept on Nov 28, 2017 18:34:06 GMT
Nicholls, Meyer, Jarman for starters.............. ..................and add Wally Hammond. ... and Les Berry. Leicestershire captain. Played 4 games for Rovers 1930/31. Cricket master at Uppingham School from 1952 to 1980. Pupils included former Leicestershre cricketer, and now TMS commentator, Jonathan Agnew. ( courtesy of "Bristol Rovers Miscellany - Rovers Trivia, History, Facts & Stats" by Stephen Byrne.)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 19:13:12 GMT
More of a loss than watching the game would have been a chance to stand quietly and listen to Mike Turl, a very wise man. Even more so if Colin Williams was there as well. Colin was there later in the evening. Only me there lowering the tone. 😂 My invite must have got lost in the post
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Post by The Concept on Nov 28, 2017 19:22:33 GMT
Nicholls, Meyer, Jarman for starters.............. ..................and add Wally Hammond. ... and Les Berry. Leicestershire captain. Played 4 games for Rovers 1930/31. Cricket master at Uppingham School from 1952 to 1980. Pupils included former Leicestershre cricketer, and now TMS commentator, Jonathan Agnew. ( courtesy of "Bristol Rovers Miscellany - Rovers Trivia, History, Facts & Stats" by Stephen Byrne.) ... and George Petherbridge was on the ground staff at Glos, st the same time as Harold Jarman, Barrie Meyer, and Ron Nicolls, but I don't think he ever played a First Class game like the others. ... W.G. Grace refereed several Rovers games, in the early years.
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Post by The Concept on Nov 28, 2017 19:36:33 GMT
Jake Ball and Alan Ball?
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Post by The Concept on Nov 28, 2017 19:36:54 GMT
Mason Crane and Richie Partridge?
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Post by badbloodash on Nov 28, 2017 20:01:09 GMT
... and Les Berry. Leicestershire captain. Played 4 games for Rovers 1930/31. Cricket master at Uppingham School from 1952 to 1980. Pupils included former Leicestershre cricketer, and now TMS commentator, Jonathan Agnew. ( courtesy of "Bristol Rovers Miscellany - Rovers Trivia, History, Facts & Stats" by Stephen Byrne.) ... and George Petherbridge was on the ground staff at Glos, st the same time as Harold Jarman, Barrie Meyer, and Ron Nicolls, but I don't think he ever played a First Class game like the others. ... W.G. Grace refereed several Rovers games, in the early years. My dad was born in the house next door to wg graces house in Downend his granddad knew him quite well said he was a beast of a man on my bucket list is to watch an ashes game in Perth as my wife lived there in the seventies theres a lot of gas in that area including a couple of my good mates one of whom I wouldn't be surprised to see streaking he's a f**king nutter on arriving after emigrating he was interviewed by an immigration officer who asked him if he had a criminal record he replied I didn't think it was still necessary followed by strip and cavity search no sense of humour those aussies
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Post by harrybuckle on Nov 28, 2017 20:12:51 GMT
Nine county cricketers have represented Rovers in the Football League. Of these, only one very celebrated name has played for England at cricket. Wally Hammond played in 85 Tests for his country between 1927/28 and 1946/47, once scoring a then world record Test score of 336 not out against New Zealand; he played in twenty League games for Rovers. In addition, Ron Nicholls, Barrie Meyer, Tommy Cook (Sussex), Newman Bunce (Somerset), Hubert Ashton, Harold Jarman, Phil Taylor and Les Berry (Leicestershire) all played county cricket. Meyer was also a first-class umpire who stood, from 1978 to 1993, in 26 Tests and 23 One Day Internationals as well as umpiring the World Cup Finals of 1979 and 1983. Ashton was one of four brothers to appear in county cricket. Geoff Fox and Joe Barratt also played in Minor Counties cricket, whilst Ken Boyes’ brother Stuart was a well-known cricketer in the 1930s and Les Sullivan’s father Dennis had played for Surrey and Glamorgan in the 1920s. Phil Purnell, Bernard Hall and Mike England played Club cricket around Bristol.
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Post by vaughan on Nov 28, 2017 22:04:03 GMT
Really enjoyed this thread being a big fan of cricket.
Chris Lines is a very fine cricketer and would probably play for Bishopston CC now in second tier of WEPL cricket.
I am sure that Chris will go back to Bishopston when his football career is over.
Fine club with great Chairman and also Phil Adams involved - a big Rovers fan.
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Post by vaughan on Nov 28, 2017 22:07:27 GMT
Please note that Gary Lineker was a brilliant cricketer and Phil Neville would have definitely played for Lancashire.
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Post by The Concept on Nov 28, 2017 22:46:23 GMT
... and George Petherbridge was on the ground staff at Glos, st the same time as Harold Jarman, Barrie Meyer, and Ron Nicolls, but I don't think he ever played a First Class game like the others. ... W.G. Grace refereed several Rovers games, in the early years. My dad was born in the house next door to wg graces house in Downend his granddad knew him quite well said he was a beast of a man on my bucket list is to watch an ashes game in Perth as my wife lived there in the seventies theres a lot of gas in that area including a couple of my good mates one of whom I wouldn't be surprised to see streaking he's a fing nutter on arriving after emigrating he was interviewed by an immigration officer who asked him if he had a criminal record he replied I didn't think it was still necessary followed by strip and cavity search no sense of humour those aussies A former neighbour of mine moved to Perth for a few years. There was a Rovers fan that went to the same church as them. I guess it may well have be a different Rovers supporting Perth resident to the one you describe Perth Gas gets mentioned a lot. Gerry Prewett was the founder, I think.
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Post by The Concept on Nov 28, 2017 22:53:39 GMT
Not strictly Ashes or Rovers related, but here are a couple of cricket/football facts that you may (or may not) find QI.
Chris Balderstone - on the same day, 15th September 1975, he played cricket for Leicestershire CCC, followed by football for Doncaster Rovers in the evening.
Gary Lineker - in 1989 he played in a Mike Gatting benefit cricket match on the Nursery Ground at Lords, and then sneaked away after lunch to play football for Tottenham Hotspur in a pre-season friendly against West Ham ... he scored 102 not out in the morning, and a hat-trick in the evening.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 17:39:15 GMT
Really enjoyed this thread being a big fan of cricket. Chris Lines is a very fine cricketer and would probably play for Bishopston CC now in second tier of WEPL cricket. I am sure that Chris will go back to Bishopston when his football career is over. Fine club with great Chairman and also Phil Adams involved - a big Rovers fan. Bishopston CC have also been well backed financially by Steve Lansdown.
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Post by vaughan on Nov 29, 2017 18:52:36 GMT
Steve Lansdown and his son played for them. He provided some loans to ensure that they moved from Kellaway Ave to new ground, which is part of Nursing Home complex in Westbury on Trym. Their ground is superb.
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Post by harrybuckle on Nov 30, 2017 8:06:45 GMT
Steve Lansdown and his son played for them. He provided some loans to ensure that they moved from Kellaway Ave to new ground, which is part of Nursing Home complex in Westbury on Trym. Their ground is superb. My son as a 15 year old bowled Steve Lansdown middle stump back in the day while playing for Hanham.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Nov 30, 2017 11:01:44 GMT
Is that a euphemism?!
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Post by irishrover on Nov 30, 2017 15:09:57 GMT
Simon Bryant was also a very good cricketer - played for Bristol West Indies as a kid.
I've played both with and against Steve Phillips over the years. Good player - not quite in the top rank but loved the game, was useful with bat and ball and still very occasionally turns out for Purnells CC I believe.
Both of the above were in junior country systems. One that got away - Reuben Reid - was an outstanding junior cricketer. Probably about as close to a guaranteed pro-career as you will see as a junior, played Gloucestershire 2nds at 14 etc and was highly touted as a potential top level prospect. But decided there was more money in being a j'tourneyman football league pro and he wasn wrong about that. Him and brother Isaac still turnout sometimes for Bristol West Indies (when uncontracted of course).
Two sport professionals is an era long gone but Phil Neale was the last genuine one I think. Keith Barker, the very reliable left-arm seamer for Warwickshire (and past England prospect) was a professional footballer at Blackburn before switching sports. But I think that's probably the closest modern example there is unless you count Steve Harminson bizarrely becoming manager of Ashington FC (his home town club) of the Northern League.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 15:27:55 GMT
Steve Lansdown and his son played for them. He provided some loans to ensure that they moved from Kellaway Ave to new ground, which is part of Nursing Home complex in Westbury on Trym. Their ground is superb. Behind the Treble Chance, we call that Southmead , met Landsdown in there once he sat at our table for a pint, three teds and three gas. My city mates were telling him to sign one of their ex strikers , i asked him if he used to be a Rovers fan and he said no, think he lied.
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Post by harrybuckle on Nov 30, 2017 16:27:47 GMT
Geoff Fox Rovers left full back who made over 276 league appearances in the early 1950s was also a talented cricketer who hit over 3,000 runs in East Anglian cricket in the summer of 1950. He made three appearances for Suffolk in Minor Counties cricket in 1946, played for Downend and Gloucestershire Second XI and was on the ground-staff at Gloucestershire between 1952 and 1954.
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Post by pirate49 on Nov 30, 2017 16:42:39 GMT
Two sport professionals is an era long gone but Phil Neale was the last genuine one I think. Keith Barker, the very reliable left-arm seamer for Warwickshire (and past England prospect) was a professional footballer at Blackburn before switching sports. But I think that's probably the closest modern example there is unless you count Steve Harminson bizarrely becoming manager of Ashington FC (his home town club) of the Northern League. ...Steve Ogrizovic was just a few years earlier than Phil Neale. And around the same time Ian Botham played his last game for Scunthorpe United.
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Post by irishrover on Nov 30, 2017 22:23:22 GMT
Two sport professionals is an era long gone but Phil Neale was the last genuine one I think. Keith Barker, the very reliable left-arm seamer for Warwickshire (and past England prospect) was a professional footballer at Blackburn before switching sports. But I think that's probably the closest modern example there is unless you count Steve Harminson bizarrely becoming manager of Ashington FC (his home town club) of the Northern League. ...Steve Ogrizovic was just a few years earlier than Phil Neale. And around the same time Ian Botham played his last game for Scunthorpe United. Peter Trego might be the closest you'll find in the modern era. Obviously long career as a very effective all-rounder for Somerset but also played in goal for Margate for a few years at the same time.
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