Colin Milburn

[Helmerroids]

My Dad always used to tell me what a talent he was. Anyone on here see him in action, either on the pitch or the after dinner circuit?

I wonder what kind career he would have had if it were able to run its natural course? At 28 years old he must have been right at his peak, test average was 46 is not too shabby at all.

Nice article by Matthew Engel below.

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[The Red Telephone]

When I was a young un I saw him play a couple of times for Chester le Street in the mid 1970s. He was out for single figures both times.

Really sad.

 

[Ageing trundler]

The book about Milburn, Cricketing Falstaff, is an excellent read. One of the greatest talents the north east has ever produced.

 

[iMike]

Also the one man play that toured cricket pavilions in 2016 - When The Eye Has Gone - was a great insight (!) into his issues. I saw it at Teddington Cricket Club. It really was like a bloke standing in the club house droning on about himself. In a good way

 

[The Great MES]

He wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in todays game

 

[Parkside]

He wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes in

He'd have become an IPL multi-millionaire a la Chris Gayle

 

[Johnap]

Absolutely tremendous batsmen. Good at Short leg and could bowl. He would have lasted a bit more than 5 minutes.

 

[Ageing trundler]

Different times, there was no overriding pressure to be super fit back in the 1960s/70s.

 

[Parkside]

Different times, there was no overriding pressure to be super fit back in the 1960s/70s.

Yes, almost every county had a "fatty" who stood at slip the whole of the fielding innings -Colin Cowdrey probably the most famous.

 

[The Red Telephone]

Yes, almost every county had a "fatty" who stood at slip the whole of the fielding innings -Colin Cowdrey probably the most famous.

From what I've seen, his former county Northants still keep this tradition going.

 

[Parkside]

From what I've seen, his former county Northants still keep this tradition going.

Yes, with Cosgrove in charge of the pies.

 

[Archbishop 22]

Went to school with him.....gentle giant who would smack the PE teachers bowling right out of the sports field.

Bob Murray was a pupil at the same time.

 

[Helmerroids]

Went to school with him.....gentle giant who would smack the PE teachers bowling right out of the sports field.

Bob Murray was a pupil at the same time.

I love that image, in my mind your PE teacher was Brian Glover.

 

[The Rat]

Went to school with him.....gentle giant who would smack the PE teachers bowling right out of the sports field.

Bob Murray was a pupil at the same time.

Amazing

What school?

 

[Archbishop 22]

Amazing

What school?

Annfield Plain Upper Standards......Jack Maltby was also a former pupil but he was ahead of us.

 

[Parkside]

Annfield Plain Upper Standards......Jack Maltby was also a former pupil but he was ahead of us.

Jackie Maltby a blast from the past. 18 year old doing national service who was flown over from Germany at weekends to play in the 1st team to the exclusion of big money stars like Fleming, Chisholm at alia.

 

[Archbishop 22]

Jackie Maltby a blast from the past. 18 year old doing national service who was flown over from Germany at weekends to play in the 1st team to the exclusion of big money stars like Fleming, Chisholm at alia.

A bit off topic......Jack’s wife Maureen was Head Teacher at Birtley Lord Lawson and I saw ‘Cannon Ball’ Fleming play against Cornsay Colliery were he had to clean up after the game in a tin bath at the back of the pub.

 

[vinegar hill]

Surely Milburn would have been in his element today in the short form of the game?