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May 2020
There is still no cricket to report, but looking at some cricket sights
on the web, I came across the following on Brasted & Sundridge.
April
Maurice H Banbury
We have heard the sad news that Maurice has become a victim of coronavirus after contracting the disease five days previously.
He was a regular third eleven batsman playing for twenty-one years from 1970 to 1990. In the seventies he also played fives for the Cits.
Most of us will remember Maurice as a regular attender at the sports dinner which he never missed, and was called upon to say grace.
Maurice also ran an occasional Sunday cricket side for his church, and it was for that team he scored a half century, his highest score. As a non driver he became expert on travel in the London area, always arriving on time for matches, and socialising after the game.
Maurice had a career in the health service and lived in Putney prior to retiring to Marlow. For many years he lived with his mother who was a huge cricket fan with considerable knowledge
of the game. He married late in life, but the marriage did not last.
He will be remembered as a friendly, kind and gentle man with a sense of humour. Our thoughts are with his brother and family.
INFORMATION UPDATE
Please note the KIT SHOP – CLOTHING has now changed. The new connection is as below:
Welcome to the Old Citizens Cricket Shop!
Net Sessions 2020
(Revised details)
Remember. Whites must be worn.
NOTE. It is very helpful to let Mike Shannon when you
intend attending. 07757 640983
Provisional date for the dinner is FRIDAY APRIL 24th
Monday March 23rd 2020
On November 23rd, Mike Shannon and Tony went to the Pacific CC dinner held at the Pineapple in Kentish Town. James Gleadow’s parents attended, and gave the OCs various items that belonged to James. Unfortunately James’ mother told us she was now receiving cancer treatment herself. Horrible news.
May 2019
Ian Courtney
We have learnt from brother Stuart that Ian has died recently
after suffering from ill health for some time. Ian played cricket for
us from 1969 to 1973 scoring over five hundred runs for the OCs.
He usually played in the second eleven, and got his nickname of
the Pink Panther when he went on out Sussex Tour in 1972.
The Pink Panther mascot was a Bendy Toy and anyone who was out for
a duck had to look after the mascot. Ian managed to get two noughts
and had custody of the panther for most of the time – hence the
nickname.
The Courtney family have had connections to CLS for many years,
and have featured in OC sports activities since the 1930s.
Our sympathy goes out to the family at this sad time
Ray J Mannell
Ray Mannell, “Major” passed away on April 17th at the age of 84.
He suffered from osteoarthritis in his last three years, as well as
having age related dementia.
The Major was a pillar of the OC Rugby Club and very active as
team secretary, and was fixture secretary for many years. He was
known for making new members welcome and feel at home.
He played cricket from 1969 to 1981 as a batsman/wicketkeeper for
the third eleven, and enjoyed evenings in the bar after the matches.
Always a bachelor in his playing days, he later married his wife Irene.
April 2019
We started the season badly this year failing to get a side for the first match on the Saturday
of the Easter weekend, although attendance at net practice has been good. Injuries hit us
hard, along with other events.
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The Dinner at Balls Bros early in the month went very well, with Mark Stockton performing
the M of C ceremonies in the absence of Bruce Todd,
Familiar faces from the Cricket Fives, and Golf were there, and it was good to see some of
our successful Football players.
We had brief updates from all the clubs, together with speech by JCC President, Neil Edwards, who represented Scotland at Rugby Union.
Richard “Birdseed” Millett was awarded the Mercers Cup for his efforts last season, and paid
tribute to James Gleadow who recently lost his fight with cancer. James was a popular member who never lost his enthusiasm for cricket, and he is greatly missed by all those that knew him.
March 2019
Senior schoolboys have been invited to attend Sunday Net Practice at Lords. (Free of charge)
Jack Malnick told us that Richard Saldanha has also joined him in becoming engaged, although not to each other! Congratulations all round!
Callum is soon expected to become a father. He tells us the due date is so close that his friends
seem to be avoiding him, just in case.
SPORTS DINNER 2019 The Annual Sports Club Dinner DATE: Friday April 5th Venue: Balls Brothers, Minster Pavement, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7PP Tel: 0207 283 2838 6.30 for 7.30 pm Ticket Price £40 (inclusive of complimentary house wine) Cheques payable to OCCC or online transfer A/N 39433568 S/C 30 94 51 Everybody welcome. The restaurant is close to Monument, Tower Hill, Bank and Aldgate undergroundand a short distance from Fenchurch Street, Cannon Street, and London Bridge stns Contact: Bill Barnes (menu details & queries) Tel: 07789 955955 / 0207 082 6220 |
Feb 2019
Flight Club --- Take-off Delayed
It has been decided to postpone our visit to the oche
There will be a new date for the social event announced later this year,
either during the season or as an end of season event.
Sunday February 17th - NETS
Lords - Starts 6 pm
All welcome but tell Callum Hopkins you are going to attend
and remember whites must be worn.
Just a quick note to say firstly our May June nets will be opening for bookings next week.
Also starting on the 15th of February we are running an adult training program for 2 hours on Friday evenings with coaching and use of the facilities here at the academy. There will be specialist batting and bowling coaching as well as some fielding and fitness involved. The session are aimed at getting preseason coaching for individuals in a group environment. All the info for cost and dates and times are on the attached. The link to book is below.
https://academy.lords.org/
If you would like further information please let us know and we would be happy to help.
James Flunder
Cricket Academy Administrator
Marylebone Cricket Club
February 2019
The next season’s fixture list has nearly been completed, and although we did not get
as many of our requested home dates as asked for, we have managed to compile a good
fixture programme.
IMPORTANT DATES TO NOTE
Starting date Saturday April 20th
School match Tuesday June 25th
Storrington Friday August 4th
On Sunday August 18th we have a game on the Hambledon ground in Hampshire
which has claims to the title “Cradle of Cricket”, on Broadhalfpenny Down.
We plan to arrive early and have something to eat at the famous pub next to the
historic ground beforehand.
James Gleadow Memorial Match
Details have not been finalised yet, but the committee have proposed an annual
game with Pacific Cricket Club, to remember our popular player who became
a victim of cancer.
January 2019
Cricket Nets Start
There was a good turn out on Sunday January 27th for the first
nets session at Lords indoor nets attended by about ten players.
JCC Meeting 15th Jan 2019 At the meeting which took place at the School we had almost an hour’s talk by a representative from the School, and she explained the position regarding GDPR where CLS has to follow guidelines used by the Corporation of London. As far as recruitment for Old Boys sports goes, it made what can only be described as depressing hearing. In effect it means it will be very hard to make meaningful contact with the boys or to obtain their contact details. |
AGM
The Cricket Club Annual General Meeting
with take place on Monday February 25th
Venue: Old Bank of England, Fleet Street
6.15 pm
Social Event
Flight Club Darts
Victoria
6 Sir Simon Milton Square
London SW1E 5DJ
Tel: 0203 019 3093
Friday February 22nd 2019
Start Time 6.00
Oche booked for 18.30 – 20.30
& bar area afterwards
NEWS from the SPORTS COMMITTEE It has been agreed to produce a four page A5 colour booklet/flyer publicising OC sports activities featuring the following sports Cricket, Football, Fives, Golf, and Water Polo, with their contact details. This will be issued to all school leavers to make them aware of Old Cits sports, and encourage them to become involved. Karen has designed an eye catching layout, and it is being printed already. This will go some way to mitigating the current unfortunate situation which has existed for too long, whereby it is so difficult to get contact details when boys leave the school.
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November 13th
At the committee meeting yesterday the following was noted:-
NETS Start date JANUARY 27th Full details in due course.
SOCIAL The Flight Club – Thurs FEBRUARY 7th – details Jan
AGM Monday FEBRUARY 25th
ANNUAL DINNER Provisional date APRIL 5th
A tribute to James Gleadow probably involving an annual match with Pacific CC was proposed.
Friday November 2nd
James P Gleadow’s cremation took place in a moving service at Golders Green Crematorium, which was followed by a wake at Lauderdale House in Watergate Park, Highgate, afterwards.
James’ popularity was reflected in the number of people attending the function, which included at least a dozen members of the OC Cricket Club, as well as players from Pacific CC, among the many friends and colleagues.
October
Doug Stoker
We have heard that another regular past player is no longer with us, he died recently after a long illness. Doug was a victim of cancer.
He was a regular player in the period when we had our own ground at Grove Park. At school and afterwards he played tennis to quite a high standard, but apart from his cricket and tennis he became a useful squash player.
Doug was known as Poker in the cricket club. He liked to hit the ball hard when he batted, and had a prodigious throw when in the field. He scored a century for both the third eleven and second elevens, and had a best score for the first eleven of 92, just failing to add his name to the two players who recorded hundreds for all three sides, John Petzold and Gerald Wainwright.
On one memorable occasion we were playing Sunbury-on-Thames at their attractive ground, and Doug was batting against a slow left-arm spinner. Making good use of his eye for the ball and his strong arms, he hit a mighty straight six which hit the sightscreen, later he repeated the stroke again. The fielders at long-on and long-off got nowhere near the ball. The bowler moaned “pity I can’t put a fielder right in front of the screen” to the umpire. Doug overheard and said “You can if you want”, so he did. The next ball was despatched in the same way. The fielders looked scared as it crashed into the woodwork out of their reach. Our batsmen just grinned, but when the bowler started doing an odd looking dance of frustration, the umpire failed to keep a straight face, and even a couple of their players burst out laughing.
One of the clubs OCCC used to play against was Britannic House, which was the sports division of BP, who had a lovely ground at Streatham. One year when two of our sides were playing there, we found Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen had been hired to entertain us in the evening after the game. Then we discovered that Brian, Doug’s father, was responsible for running their sports facility!
At this time we should like to offer our sympathy to his family.
October 12th 2018
It is with great sadness we have to report the passing of James Gleadow who battled against cancer with determination and a brave face for several years. The fact that our Jimbo was such a young man to face such a terrible disease made it all the worse, particularly for his family, not to forget all his many cricketing and other friends. Cricket was an important part of James’ life, a true enthusiast. He believed in justice, not just on the cricket field, but in all aspects of life. All fellow players would like to offer their condolences to those closest to him.
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October 2018
OLD MERCERS SPORTS DINNER On Friday October 19th the OMs will be holding their Sports (or technically Athletic Association) Annual Dinner Venue: The Cross Keys, 31 Endell Street, London WC2H 9BA The Old Citizens will be represented by Tony Sawell, Andy Mitchell, and John Harris |
September 2018
We finished the season on a disappointing note.
The match with Southgate Adelaide on September 22 was completely washed out by rain, and what should have been the last game against new opponents, had to be scratched as well because we were unable to raise a side.
The results tally reflects the poor second half of the season, where we were hit by injury and unavailability:
Won 8 Drawn 0 Lost 11 (Cancelled 7)
September 2018
Late Season Update After a 1976 type summer the weather has returned to normal and we have had a bit of rain. Later results have been hit by unavailability, holidays, and in particular, with some in juries to key players, and our results have suffered somewhat. At mid July our wins were comfortably ahead of losses, but since then our playing record has not looked so good. Hopefully damaged hands, bad backs, and kidney stones, will clear up!
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August 2018
Mill Hill Village. It was great to see he had made what was obviously a huge effort to come
and see us in action again.
Well done Jimbo!
Unfortunately he has since posted on his Facebook page, that he is now back in UCLH with
an infection and high temperature.
We all wish him a speedy recovery.
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July 2018
On Tuesday July 24th Henry Rolt’s funeral took place at the church overlooking Southgate
Cricket Club, and he was buried at Southgate cemetery. Our club was represented by Tony
Sawell and John Harris and we read a poem at the service.