Joe Hart

[Liverpool Beachball]

Spurs play cricket part 2: The expert view

Top of the league, you’re having a net. Yep, the Spurs lot have been playing cricket again.

www.standard.co.uk

 

[wayne entwhistle no9]

Alan Ramage back in the 70s cricket for Yorkshire and football for the Boro.

 

[Johnap]

Old enough to remember in the 1970s Chris Balderstone of Leics, England and Carlisle Utd and Ted Helmsley of Worcs and Sheff Utd.

I remember Chris Balderstone playing cricket for Leicestershire during the day and then going to play for Carlisle on the night.

Also David Bairstow played for Bradford City. He played for their reserves at Roker Park in the old North Midlands League (a hundred years ago!)

 

[The Red Telephone]

I also remember watching Andy Fothergill rampaging down the left wing for Bishop Auckland in a pre season friendly between them and SAFC in the late 80s.

 

[redandwhiterob]

I think Mike Hooper played for Easingtom when he was at Newcastle

 

[Rip Van Fish]

Phil Neale?

Chris Marples was the last iirc

 

[Mr Redknapp]

Keith Barker was on Blackburns books and think he made a few appearence on loan in league one or two.

Was tidy for me on Cricket Coach 2014

took about 80 test wickets at about 24

 

[Rip Van Fish]

Think Big Mike's nephew Joe Gatting did both but not at the same time.Educated guess would be Baron Botham,Scunny and Somerset.Alan Ramage did it for Boro and Yorkshire late 70's time
Lintz had Frank Clark,Dave Elliott and Joe Jacques play for them when pro footballers.Played against Steve Harper at Easington as a Newcastle youth.Also Brian Tinnion for Lintz around time he won the Youth Cup with Gazza,Joe Allon etc.John Carver played for Clara Vale in NWD League as a Newcastle youth.Others on here will no doubt quote Dicky Ord at Murton and Leighton James at Whitburn etc

Chris Balderstone also in the 70s

 

[Old Timer]

Nigel Martyn actually preferred cricket to rugby and is still keeping wicket in the Weatherby League I think. For two years he kept wicket to my son, who also played in the same school cricket team as Jordan Pickford. I think he is probably the only person to play cricket in the same side as two different England goalkeepers.

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Nigel Martyn actually preferred cricket to rugby and is still keeping wicket in the Weatherby League I think. For two years he kept wicket to my son, who also played in the same school cricket team as Jordan Pickford. I think he is probably the only person to play cricket in the same side as two different England goalkeepers.

Did Pickford play cricket for WCC? I was playing against your 3s 10 years or so ago so wonderedif I’d played against him.

 

[WCC]

Did Pickford play cricket for WCC? I was playing against your 3s 10 years or so ago so wonderedif I’d played against him.

He certainly played for our under 15’s but don’t think he played any senior cricket.

 

[Johnap]

Nigel Martyn and Paul Robinson both play at Knaresborough

 

[jaxaxe]

In my day, I played against Monty and Lord Rowell (Wearmouth), Leighton James and Ritchie Pitt (Whitburn), and Paul Lemon (Escrick, I think)

 

[The Red Telephone]

Was tidy for me on Cricket Coach 2014

took about 80 test wickets at about 24

It always felt like he took a similar total against Durham as well.

 

[Mr Redknapp]

It always felt like he took a similar total against Durham as well.

Little left-arm dobblers?

 

[Johnap]

In my day, I played against Monty and Lord Rowell (Wearmouth), Leighton James and Ritchie Pitt (Whitburn), and Paul Lemon (Escrick, I think)

I played with Richie Pitt at Dawdon CWCC before he went to SAFC - left-arm fast-medium. I played with Monty for SAFC v Wearmouth in the mid-70s. A wicket for me was c Montgomery b Johnap.

 

[jaxaxe]

I played with Richie Pitt at Dawdon CWCC before he went to SAFC - left-arm fast-medium. I played with Monty for SAFC v Wearmouth in the mid-70s. A wicket for me was c Montgomery b Johnap.

Ritchie was a very tidy left arm seamer when I played against him, in the late 80s, many years after SAFC. Lovely bloke.

 

[Old Timer]

Len Shackleton was a decent player for Wearmouth

 

[Ghfd]

In my day, I played against Monty and Lord Rowell (Wearmouth), Leighton James and Ritchie Pitt (Whitburn), and Paul Lemon (Escrick, I think)

what was their skill, batting or bowling

 

[jaxaxe]

what was their skill, batting or bowling

Monty - not sure. The one game I played against him he didn't bowl and I cleaned him out second ball. Forgiveable. He was already a Living God anyway.
Lord Rowell - bowler - batting a bit agricultural. Again, forgivable as he was already a Living God.
Leighton James - Steady opening bat. Was on Glamorgan's books at one time, I believe
Ritchie Pitt - Good left arm seamer. Accurate.
Paul Lemon - middle order bat. I bowled him on 95.