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rf_fozzy Jun 2020 1:02pm, 24 Jun 2020 10,427 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy And given that Essex play at Chelmsford, that's saying a lot Greppers.... ~Runs away again~ ~Is happy to be a Yorkshireman~
Battlecat Jun 2020 1:03pm, 24 Jun 2020 5,470 posts	Quote Pin Battlecat The first country game I went to Darren Gough bowled an over and then it got rained off so we went in the members' bar and watched Grease on the TV for the rest of the afternoon.
Nicholls595 Jun 2020 1:07pm, 24 Jun 2020 21,024 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 In my first match, Gary Sobers smashed a sublime 130 on day one. Unfortunately, we didn't go until the second day.
ThorntonRunner Jun 2020 1:11pm, 24 Jun 2020 3,460 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Wasn't the first Leics game I saw, but memorable for a. school cricket team allowed to miss school to attend - I was scorer so included b. Gordon Greenidge, and then a successful Leics. run chase espncricinfo.com
Nicholls595 Jun 2020 1:14pm, 24 Jun 2020 21,025 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 I remember a school trip to Trent Bridge to watch a Notts v Gloucestershire match. Coach load of oiks who knew nothing about the beautiful game, but did enjoy throwing crisps at Zaheer Abbass.
ThorntonRunner Jun 2020 1:14pm, 24 Jun 2020 3,461 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner That was a class Leics. team - great top 4, the brains of Illy, then Graham McKenzie and Ken Higgs, and of course Graham Cross who also played soccer for Leicester City...
Nicholls595 Jun 2020 1:15pm, 24 Jun 2020 21,026 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Chris Balderstone?
Wriggling Snake Jun 2020 1:17pm, 24 Jun 2020 27,359 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake Balders, yes. I have no idea which was my first county game, as I have no idea which was my first test, about all I would say is they would be mid 80s, and both Lords, as that was my nearest ground and easy to go to.
Nicholls595 Jun 2020 1:18pm, 24 Jun 2020 21,028 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Chris Balderstone played First Division football didn't he?
Nicholls595 Jun 2020 1:19pm, 24 Jun 2020 21,029 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 And would that have been the era of Roger Tolchard? I seem to recall him once keeping wicket wearing a thick black belt.