A History of Gotherington Cricket Club (Pre-World War One to 1990)
A History of Gotherington Cricket Club (pre-World War One to 1990) by Bill Pullen, David Freeman, David Price LIST OF CONTENTS Forward Prologue Chapter One – The barely retrievable past Chapter Two – The barely mentionable present Chapter Three – The Fields of Glory: The Players Chapter Four – The entrance of the Goddesses: The Ladies Chapter Five – The Friends Epilogue In Memoriam Appendices 1 FORWARD My connection with Gotherington C.C. began in the ‘Swinging Sixties’ with its mini-skirts swirling to the sounds of the Beatles and myself emancipated from knee-pants but poised to embrace academia at Pates’ educational emporium. Appropriately I was weaned from milk to Brown Ale (Tot-off); from Janet and John to, inter- alia, Caesar and his Gallic problems and therefrom to contemplate the issues which face us all, viz to select a route from bubbling youth to the ultimate joys of a decently decadent old age. Along this chosen path it was necessary to find a station to pause and further examine the future. I didn’t have to wait long. My salvation was on the doorstep, Gotherington C.C. invited me to tell the tale of its background, and so I joined the company of the spear carriers of the Clubs resurgence, to wit: Messrs. Peter ‘Fred’ McMurray, Neil Hyde, David ‘Yards’ Owen and ‘B’ White. Their centurions included David Freeman, Alec Fry and sundry others (of whom much, much more later). I became the Club’s Scorer, Raconteur, crucial ‘Twelfth Man’, Jester and latterly, its Chronicler. In preparing this chronicle it became clear that a specific format, preferably light hearted, be adopted.
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