PLAYER QUOTES
I had the chance of going to
university, and I didn’t take it. Cricket was such an adventure.
Keith
Andrew (Northants & England)
When I was 14 or 15 I
started playing with the men. I used to get slogged out of the ground.
‘That’s all right,’ they’d say. ‘Pitch it up, he’ll get out in a
moment.’ They had that lovely optimistic attitude. But then there wasn’t the
fear of losing.
David
Allen (Glos & England)
I fell in love with the
ground. I can remember it as if it was yesterday. I was sitting in a deck chair.
Martin Horton was batting, and I can remember him hooking Peter Loader. And
I’m day-dreaming and thinking, ‘I’d give anything in the world to play out
there.’
Ron Headley (Worcs & West Indies)
I’m playing in my first
game, I’m on a pair, and I’m booed to the wicket. The atmosphere was
electric.
Alan
Castell (Hants)
I remember Tony Cordle fielding for the last hour holding an umbrella. ‘I’m not going to stand out here and die. I’m from Barbados.’ Now can you imagine that happening in modern cricket?
Peter Walker (Glam & England)
Fabulous fun. We
were there to play, we were there to enjoy it, and we were there to entertain.
The players of that era, we have all got good memories.
Don
Wilson (Yorks & England)
The local boys at Leyton
used to throw fireworks into your turn-ups. Fielding at third man or fine leg
was a nightmare.
Robin
Hobbs (Essex & England)