tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post4195480782880665905..comments2024-03-20T09:03:19.787-07:00Comments on Careering Through Nature: Neither a Lad nor a DadSimon Douglas Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-41565321973997370672016-09-01T01:16:36.266-07:002016-09-01T01:16:36.266-07:00Such lovely photographs SiSuch lovely photographs SiThe Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-82024378245405106542016-09-01T01:09:28.521-07:002016-09-01T01:09:28.521-07:00Reminds me of my father telling me about the time ...Reminds me of my father telling me about the time Joe Fletcher said his youngest son would play for the village team. The little lad came in to bat at number seven and the opposing captain, seeing the diminutive stature of the new batsman, took off his big fast bowlers and put a couple of occasional bowlers on instead. By the time the child star had reached 50 not out the fast bowlers were back on and being hit to all parts of the meadow and into the brook too. The little lad was Keith Fletcher who went on to captain Essex and England: he didn't play many more games at village level.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-33769255652124622912016-08-31T14:39:45.610-07:002016-08-31T14:39:45.610-07:00Awww, sounds like fun and looked like it too! Glad...Awww, sounds like fun and looked like it too! Glad you managed to get back out over the weekend despite the illness! - TashaNatashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05335219443113802041noreply@blogger.com