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What a cracker Maggie can pull! She’s welcome at my seasonal table, as is Mr John Barclay with his entertaining, witty and thoroughly good-natured cricket chat. Almost fifty of us turned up to hear John, who also happened to be our last speaker prior to lockdown in March 2020. He seemed flattered to be back, saying he rarely gets a second invite – although personally I find that hard to believe. Not only did he talk cricket. He also illustrated it vividly, with walkabouts and grand arm and hand gestures to bring his words to life. There was something of the pantomime in the way he involved us in his performance – for this was far more than a traditional 'speech'. We heard about his appointment as MCC President, as the choice of his predecessor Derek 'Deadly' Underwood. Did gratitude for the dropped catch that enabled Derek's only first-class hundred play a part? John also told us more of his captaincy of Sus

A quick snow flurry seemed to have only minor impact on our November 2023 meeting , which included our now celebrated AGM – famed that is for its brevity. Our chairman offered due thanks to Maggie , Ian and Brian for their work , and all the officers were re-elected unopposed.  Maggie outlined our past and future speakers before Brian commented on the accounts , which covered a three-year period from October 2020 to September 2023.  We made a small profit over this period and our finances are strong.   After falling from a high of c.100 in March 2020, our numbers are growing steadily, with a warm welcome extended to many recent new members.  Our successful raffle makes a vital contribution , while our first all-pay summer special, with Barry Richards , raised our profile and paid for itself . Then we were into the meat of the evening with author and historian Jeremy Lonsdale .  Although resident in Maidstone , Jeremy is a Hornsea lad by birth and had visited Beverley T

A superb informal Q&A with England paceman Dean Headley opened our 2023/24 programme.  Dean is the third generation of the famous cricketing family. He retired early after a first-class career (1991-2001) cut short by a chronic back injury and is now an ECB match referee.  He is also heavily involved in coaching young cricketers, as Director of Cricket at Stamford School (2018-23) and now as Head of Cricket at Blundells School, Tiverton (2023-). Read more about Dean here: https://wisden.com/stories/features/golden-streaks-and-fractured-dreams-the-cautionary-tale-of-dean-headley https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1129399/dean-and-daz-make-merry-in-melbourne https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/725159/-it-burnt-to-be-told-i-didn-t-have-the-heart-to-play-as-a-bowler https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1226317/like-father--unlike-son https://blundells.org/devoffice/news/new-head-of-cricket-dean-headley