Strathmore Cricket Union: the first 90 years a history 1928-2018

81 Peter May for a duck and then persuaded Brian Close to go berserk when a calmer approach would have won the game for England. “Absolutely incredible” said Close’s old enemy EW Swanton on TV. We also had a great performance from Freddie Trueman at Headingley, the “ridge” at Lord’s and one or two disputes about “no balls”, and it was a fine summer. Once again, cricket thrived locally on the back of the TV showing of the game, and the summer was a good one with very few games off, after the customary miserable start to the season in a fairly wet May. Strathmore men Nigel Hazel and George Myles topped the respective Averages, How Lochside Park looked in 1961. Nigel Hazel bowls in practice.