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I used to work with Ash Thorpe, any of you on here know him or played with/against him.
Top top lad.
Top top lad.
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Festa1976
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I played with thorpy at Whitburn great player but his crack was shite bein an Aussie mag haha. But nah top bloke great family too always brightened up the day.
Former player are u JS??
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Rad1
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Ash Thorpe as well as Playing for Washy coaches quite a few of the county junior squads down at the riverside.... My lad says his crack is amazing and he really encourages the kids and brings out the best in them..
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Yeah shame he's a mag haha! He takes Marcus North to St James when he's over too![DOUBLEPOST=1396818614][/DOUBLEPOST]
I can imagine he's great with the kids. He's a really well liked, upbeat lad by nature, always very encouraging, always got a joke and a smile on his face. Top bloke!
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Festa1976
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Haha it's little sop, didn't think anybody who was fortunate to play with jimmy Adams cud string such an intellectual paragraph together other than yourself js.
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Nobody has mentioned Steve Russell, who in my opinion was the best local pro during that era.
Better than Parry and Lambert etc. I played against them all so can compare. Jimmy Adams was such a nice bloke as well and would simply bat all day if you let him. I bet there isn't many people who can say that their tactic was to try and keep Jimmy - who was rated the worlds number one batsman at the time- in for as long as we could in a 20 over game though! If he did bat the twenty overs you could guarantee he would be 50 not out and only chasing 120 maximum.
Also the quickest bowler including overseas pros I have ever faced was Chappy in a cup final at Hetton Lyons.
Better than Parry and Lambert etc. I played against them all so can compare. Jimmy Adams was such a nice bloke as well and would simply bat all day if you let him. I bet there isn't many people who can say that their tactic was to try and keep Jimmy - who was rated the worlds number one batsman at the time- in for as long as we could in a 20 over game though! If he did bat the twenty overs you could guarantee he would be 50 not out and only chasing 120 maximum.
Also the quickest bowler including overseas pros I have ever faced was Chappy in a cup final at Hetton Lyons.
Steve Russell was very destructive on the smaller grounds of the Tyneside Senior League, against some average bowling attacks. He had a year in the NYSD and was nowhere near as prolific. He wasn't in the same class as the three West Indians you mention who played their local cricket in the top two leagues against some very good pros and leading amateurs.
On the fast bowler front, Ken McLeod, the West Indian left armer, was not the greatest trier, but bowled some of the quickest deliveries I ever faced or saw live.
He did try in one game against Blackhall. Clayton Lambert still scored 150 !![DOUBLEPOST=1396872998][/DOUBLEPOST]McLeod played for the NYSD league side against the Coast League, when they had overseas pros, and was told by his captain, Neil Riddell, to "just bowl as fast as you can, they cannot bat against you". Grant Foster and Bobby Steel said it was the quickest spell they had faced and Grant had just come out of County cricket !
In the same match, Eppleton CW's Aussie pro, Ivins I think ? beamed Clayton Lambert. Lambert pulled him for a flat six onto the clubhouse roof at Middlesbrough.
On the fast bowler front, Ken McLeod, the West Indian left armer, was not the greatest trier, but bowled some of the quickest deliveries I ever faced or saw live.
He did try in one game against Blackhall. Clayton Lambert still scored 150 !![DOUBLEPOST=1396872998][/DOUBLEPOST]McLeod played for the NYSD league side against the Coast League, when they had overseas pros, and was told by his captain, Neil Riddell, to "just bowl as fast as you can, they cannot bat against you". Grant Foster and Bobby Steel said it was the quickest spell they had faced and Grant had just come out of County cricket !
In the same match, Eppleton CW's Aussie pro, Ivins I think ? beamed Clayton Lambert. Lambert pulled him for a flat six onto the clubhouse roof at Middlesbrough.
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I faced McLeod n yeah was very fast I tried to go down the track to him but my stumps got smashed haha that's when he played at South shields
NiallFin
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The three West Indians I mentioned were quality players but the point I am trying to make is that I felt that Steve Russell was the best because he could influence or change the game when batting or bowling. I have seen Steve take apart most bowling attacks and if he failed with the bat he did it with the ball. Adams or Lambert couldn't and Parry in my opinion just wasn't as good or as destructive.
Russell did ok in the NYSD - it was after all his first year over here and the others all took time to adapt as well. Ironically the quickest bowler I faced at Billingham Synthonia was Gary Pallister not Russell as Steve ambled in off about three paces and took a couple of wickets with his slower ball! He did though put one into the road over the trees so the point about him only doing it onsmaler grounds isn't quite true!
McLeod just never tried when I played against him so although he was quick at times it was the odd ball or so. Keith Chapman ran in and bent his back on a road at Hetton Lyons and the ball was carrying to Richie Lowes (I think) standing way back.
Kevin Ivan's was the Aussie - I thought he played only one year over here and if he did he played in the Presidents game at Ryhope that year against TSL who had Madan Lal and Wes Thomas. He was also crap if I remember!
On another note I saw Tom Moody throw a ball from in front of the pavillion at the Lyons across the roof of the score board in a rain affected match - some achievement. I also played in a game against Normanby Hall looking forward to the game as Lamby had gone home injured- out walked Phil Symons instead!
Sunderland also replaced their pro just before we played them as well, some crap South African went home to be replaced by Mushtaq Ahmed - I have never seen anyone spin a ball in local cricket like him.
Russell did ok in the NYSD - it was after all his first year over here and the others all took time to adapt as well. Ironically the quickest bowler I faced at Billingham Synthonia was Gary Pallister not Russell as Steve ambled in off about three paces and took a couple of wickets with his slower ball! He did though put one into the road over the trees so the point about him only doing it onsmaler grounds isn't quite true!
McLeod just never tried when I played against him so although he was quick at times it was the odd ball or so. Keith Chapman ran in and bent his back on a road at Hetton Lyons and the ball was carrying to Richie Lowes (I think) standing way back.
Kevin Ivan's was the Aussie - I thought he played only one year over here and if he did he played in the Presidents game at Ryhope that year against TSL who had Madan Lal and Wes Thomas. He was also crap if I remember!
On another note I saw Tom Moody throw a ball from in front of the pavillion at the Lyons across the roof of the score board in a rain affected match - some achievement. I also played in a game against Normanby Hall looking forward to the game as Lamby had gone home injured- out walked Phil Symons instead!
Sunderland also replaced their pro just before we played them as well, some crap South African went home to be replaced by Mushtaq Ahmed - I have never seen anyone spin a ball in local cricket like him.
I watched Horden loads of times during the Parry era and that is simply wrong and he played at a higher standard to in what was a very strong senior league back then. When he wanted Parry was a hugely destructive batsman. The main strength of Parry was that he was not a flash player and played very much for the team. If required he was more than happy to knock it about for one or twos if the situation arose where there was no need to be flash. He was not the type of player to show off and go for shots that were not necessary to the score they were chasing.
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Festa1976
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Yeah parry played when the DSL was poss stronger than the north east prem is now with a lot of very good ameture players too n agree he was a team player rather than a one man show. Used to hate horden away in cup games as weather was mostly poor n he was in his element
NiallFin
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Matter of opinion - no doubt others will say the pros they played with or against were better!
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Parry was without doubt a very destructive batsman seen him smash the ball too all parts many a time and score hundreds in 20 over cup ties,several times,where as Adams was obviously a more classy batsman he was no where near as destructive as Parry
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Festa1976
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Sunderland had a pro called kirty azad anyone remember him? Can remember him smashing Steve greensword over the rugby stand on a fair few occasions he was quite a dangerous batsman
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Yeah mentioned him in a earlier post,sure he broke the senior league record for runs scored in a season while he was there.
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Festa1976
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Yeah he did
Out of interest how man times did you see Parry play?
NiallFin
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Quite a few times - never ever did it when I played against him. Mate i don't doubt his ability as he played there for so long and his record and reputation is renowned. However all I can comment upon is what I witnessed. I used to find his bowling so predictable BUT this was in cup ties not the league when people were around the bat.
In fact it was the other West Indian who did us a couple of times one season - can't remember his name but Parry did nothing.
Fair do mate but take it from me he was a very destructive batsmen against attacks in a league that was the strongest in north east at the time
The pro at Horden after Parry is often overlooked but in his own right was a very good player. Nadeem Khan (brother of former Pakistani wicketkeeper Moin) was ok with the bat but possibly one of the best spinners to play in north east cricket and was the reason the senior league changed the rules so any one bowler could only bowl 15 overs in a game. His end of season bowling stats were ridiculous
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