Rodney, on 28 April 2017 - 07:06 AM, said:
I used to be mad keen on cricket when I was A teen and had a season ticket for Derbyshire for a number of years during the Late Eddie Barlow's reign when he galavanised an ordinary side with some quality additions that hasn't been surpassed since.Great memories of Peter Kirsten's batting at the Queens Park, arguably the best bastman seen in Derbyshire colours,Mike Hendrick,John Wright ably supported by Tunnicliffe,the dogged Alan Hill and of course the great Bob Taylor.Played for the school team and also the long gone Taverners cc who had their own ground on Dunston road..Happy memories.
If memory serves the opening of the Taverners ground on Dunston Road included in the All stars team Peter Kirsten Alan Lamb and Garth Le Roux
The story is that all three were brought over from South Africa by Eddie Barlow and if Derbyshire had looked
properly into Alan Lambs background with the English passport they could have signed him as well as Peter Kirsten
Along with New Zealander John Wright what a batting line up that could have been for Derbyshire
Garth Le Roux the big fast bowler went on to play for Sussex
This post has been edited by whittman: 28 April 2017 - 09:02 AM