Steve Neal

Books. Cricket. Sometimes even books about cricket: Albert Trott 'Over and Out.'

[Historic Cricket Pictures @PictureSporting]

@AdityaS41869751 That's the view from the old A enclosure, now the Warner stand, so the grandstand is out of sight to the left. The old pavilion is on the right, replaced in 1890. The buildings in the distance are the old Tavern and tennis courts

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@TheCricketerMag @GeorgeDobell1 yes - bided his time yesterday and looked a player apart.

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@mjohnharrison What did you settle for?

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@ACScricket @PictureSporting Polo neck jumpers not uncommon for cricketers in this period.

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@miketaylorsport It landed in the garden of the dressing room attendant which was within the confines of the ground. It would have to clear the ground to be a six.

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Gus Atkinson with 7-45 came within a squeak of beating Albert Trott's record of best figures on debut. I really thought he was going to do it. But Trott's 8-43 at Adelaide in 1895 still holds the record. #ENGvWI

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@ChezBruce @waitrose English apple season doesn't begin until the last week of July.

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@dwhandv Good that the owners acted so quickly rather than giving him a chance to put things right.

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@fredfertang @SomersetCCC Good to see a relaxed and smiling Harold Gimblett

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@huwzat @HomeOfCricket @WisdenAlmanack @TheCricketerMag @MAWood33 This early season Kookaburra experiment has gone too far.

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@StephenHedges7 @HomeOfCricket Where he replaces the bails.

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@mjohnharrison Many good people in the NHS doing astounding medical and caring things. Yes, they ought to be better supported by central government.

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I was lucky enough to sit next to Proccie at a dinner a few years ago. He wore his greatness lightly, introducing himself to the younger generation with a firm handshake and a brief “I’m Mike.” @PitchPublishing

[Pat Murphy @patmurphybbc]

RIP Mike Procter. Superb all-rounder,genial company, hugely popular in county cricket. Wrote 2 books with him,the 1st an hilarious challenge, as he could hardly remember any of his prodigious feats. ‘Look it up in Wisden,mate’ he’d say. Couldn’t ever be annoyed with a great guy.

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@jeffreyjohnbell True - they think a phone is a 1960s transistor (portable) radio ie no headphone option. One was working his way through Sinatra’s greatest hits on an acute hospital ward.

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@IainMcMullen nice example of sport as a distraction.

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@AnnieChave Please wish Pete all the best from me, Annie.

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@WG_RumblePants Vogue knitwear can be tricky but he pulls off the spread collar remarkably well.

[Guardian sport @guardian_sport]

Checking out: the slow decline of the London darts scene https://t.co/qV1jN7PEaq

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@rwilliams1947 Disappointed? Jack’s never ever been disappointed.

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@WG_RumblePants I always think Tate’s pipe gives him a nice homely touch as a cricketer.