Normally I like to take several photos of a ground, but this was a grim day. I didn’t want Woolpit to look too bleak so I just settled on the pavilion. As Suffolk play here, it’s clearly a...
I found yet another matchbox label. I really think this is the last one from the current collection. Once again, it would be nice to see the ground, but I thought I should include this to continue the...
For the sake of completion, this is the third and last matchbox label from my collection. There are just three that show cricket clubs and the rest are pubs with cricketing themes – most of whic...
A while ago I posted a matchbox label featuring Carlton Cricket Club in Yorkshire. This is from that collection – this time it’s for Bromley Cricket Club in Kent. I appreciate it probably ...
I wouldn’t normally include a photo of an umpire, but that is no ordinary umpire. The man making the signal is none other than David Ivon Gower, scorer of over 11,000 of the most elegant interna...
I couldn’t get in to the ground so this is all I have from Grindleford. Another nice looking set up, and particularly impressed with the pavilion. As you can tell if you’re here from the s...
This was one of those days when the club is clearly preparing for a game, and I’ll assume they don’t want some random stranger wandering in, taking photos. I’m not the type of person...
I’m sorry the image is unclear, but that’s exactly how the original shows up. It’s another blank postcard with no clues on the reverse. A friend suggested to me that it might be the ...
I hope this one will be obvious to someone. It looks like a proper ground with a serious scoreboard, so I think this is from the professional ranks. Hopefully it won’t take long before I can mov...
Sometimes you make a special trip to a cricket club and it’s everything you hoped it would be. Here we had a well-kept ground in a pleasant village, and if you don’t like cricket, you can ...