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Wombwell Cricket Lovers' Society

The Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society was founded in 1951 and a few years later The Twelfth Man Magazine appeared for the first time and has been published in every year since then. In a society with over 300 members who are dispersed all over the UK and abroad the magazine is an important way of keeping members informed about society activities through the past year. The society has attracted many distinguished visitors over the years and this is chronicled faithfully in each edition. The magazine has undergone many changes over the years under various editors, as the archive will reveal. At one time it carried advertisements - which can be an interesting snapshot in themselves - as a way of defraying costs, but in the modern era with businesses looking to reach wider audiences advertising is now omitted; the cost of production is accepted as an integral part of running the society for the benefit of members.

  • The Twelfth Man : The Society's Annual Magazine
    • 2020
    • 2019 - The Scarborough Edition
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011 - Diamond Jubilee Edition
    • 2010 - Featuring cricket tales from Down Under, the seaside and a famous hat-trick feat...
    • 2009 - Howzat! for an honour, Dicke?
    • 2008
    • 2007
    • 2006 - Fred Trueman OBE
    • 2005 - 50 years of Coaching
    • 2004 - Jack Sokell MBE 1926-2004
    • 2003
    • 2002
    • 2001 - Golden Jubilee Edition
    • 2000 - Five decades of dedication to cricket coaching
    • 1999 - Including tribute to Don Wilson and Philip Sharpe
    • 1998 - Including a tribute to Cliff Morgan CBE CVO
    • 1997 - Including a tribute to Mike Gatting OBE
    • 1996 - Including a tribute to Denis Compton and Keith Miller
    • 1995 - Including a tribute to David Gower OBE
    • 1994 - Including a tribute to Godfrey Evans CBE
    • 1993 - Including a tribute to Derek Randall
    • 1992 - Including a tribute to Trevor Bailey
    • 1991 - 40th Anniversary Edition
    • 1990 - Including a tribute to Roy Kilner
    • 1989 - Including a tribute to Jack Simmons
    • 1988 - Including a tribute to Derek Underwood
    • 1987 - Including a tribute to Bob Taylor
    • 1986 - Including a tribute to Brian Johnston
    • 1985 - Including a tribute to Alan Jones
    • 1984 - Including a tribute to Alan Knott
    • 1983 - Including a tribute to "Dickie" Bird
    • 1982 - Including a tribute to Geoff Boycott
    • 1981 - Including a tribute to John Arlott
    • 1980 - Including a tribute to Basil D'Oliveira
    • 1979 - Including a tribute to Ken Barrington
    • 1978 - Including a tribute to Brian Close
    • 1977 - Including a tribute to Ray Illingworth
    • 1976 - Silvver Jubilee - Twenty five years of cricket loving
    • 1975
    • 1974
    • 1973 - Tribute to Bramall Lane Edition
    • 1972 - 21st Anniversary Edition
    • 1971
    • 1970
    • 1969
    • 1968
    • 1967
    • 1966
    • 1965
    • 1964
    • 1963
    • 1962
    • 1961
    • 1960
    • 1959
    • 1958
    • 1957
    • 1956
    • 1955
    • 1954