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THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — these
Findon Chronicles are created by Valerie Martin and contain scenes from her home
village of Findon,
West Sussex, U.K. Everyday stories about real people.
1930s FINDON CRICKET
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Findon Cricket Club team, c. 1930s
Copyright Valerie Martin 2011
Cricket in Findon appears to have taken a bit of a nose dive in the 1930s as I have only come across one photograph recording activity for the era.
In the above photograph I have not been able to identify all of the players but on the extreme left standing is the Umpire... Norman Groves.
On the far right standing.....Jack Kennet.
Front Row (seated) second left is Johnny Spiers.
Front Row far right is possibly Chris Whittington.
These were the days when the Findon team was comprised of villagers (not like today) and so hopefully more players will be named identified and perhaps a few stories of the games will emerge.
Continue if you would like to read Sticky Wicket After the War years when the Canadians left the Findon cricket ground.
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Do let me know of anything you hear about Findon - not too controversial. Please note that opinions expressed in the Findon Chronicles are not necessarily reflective of my own thoughts.... but sometimes they are! |
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