There was clearly a lot of power in Reece Topley’s action, and he bowled with some lively pace on this hot, dry September day. I didn’t know what to expect from Northampton, but this turne...
Managed to get a good grouping in this shot, and this is one photo I am very pleased with. Saqib Mahmood bowling, while Alex Davies is the fielder and Ben Duckett the non-striker. I know it’s at...
These shots are from August 2023, and sadly my time in Barnard Castle was short. I didn’t even have time to call into the Cricketers Arms. As I walked round taking some photos, they were prepari...
I’ve made a few trips to Richmond and I always try to call into the cricket club when I can. There are often games on through the week, as well as weekends. The cricket has always been at a high...
Here’s a tester for you. This photo is printed on board and it measures around 370 x 290 cms. If I ever have to send it to someone involved it will be a pain to post. It doesn’t even fit i...
Here we have the next batch from an ongoing series. A set of private photos – not taken by me this time – of the 1989 Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Here we have the umpires walking off the fiel...
I can’t quite remember when in 2022 this was taken, but it was out of season and, despite the hints of blue sky, it was quite a grim day. Grounds never quite look their best outside of the crick...
The perils of passing by a cricket ground in winter when you don’t have your camera with you. The iPhone is OK sometimes, but images will often be blurry. Actually, some of my shots are blurred ...
Mention Buxton Cricket Club and fans of a certain age will recall the freak snowstorm that halted a match between Derbyshire and Lancashire in 1975. Reports of that incident form some of my earliest c...
Many years ago, I wrote to some counties asking if they could send me some memorabilia. I think I must have been around ten or eleven. I enclosed a postal order, probably to the value of my week’...