collapse collapse

Please donate to help towards the costs of keeping this site going. Thank You.

Recent Topics

Reserves and Academy 2025-26 by dcdavecollett
[Today at 02:55:25 AM]
Ollie Watkins by rooboy316
[Today at 02:20:36 AM]
Standard of Refereeing by dcdavecollett
[Today at 02:14:57 AM]
Will we qualify for the CL? by rooboy316
[Today at 02:07:27 AM]
Tammy Abraham - almost done by stevo_st
[Today at 01:32:00 AM]
My Dad by astonvilla82
[Today at 12:03:52 AM]
Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc. by Rudy Can't Fail
[January 20, 2026, 11:55:36 PM]
FFP by Toronto Villa
[January 20, 2026, 11:46:34 PM]

Recent Posts

Re: Reserves and Academy 2025-26 by dcdavecollett
[Today at 02:55:25 AM]
Re: Ollie Watkins by rooboy316
[Today at 02:20:36 AM]
Re: Standard of Refereeing by dcdavecollett
[Today at 02:14:57 AM]
Re: Will we qualify for the CL? by rooboy316
[Today at 02:07:27 AM]
Re: Tammy Abraham - almost done by stevo_st
[Today at 01:32:00 AM]
Re: My Dad by astonvilla82
[Today at 12:03:52 AM]
Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc. by Rudy Can't Fail
[January 20, 2026, 11:55:36 PM]
Re: FFP by Toronto Villa
[January 20, 2026, 11:46:34 PM]

Follow us on...

« previous next »
Pages: 1 ... 189 190 [191]   Go Down

Author Topic: Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread  (Read 302039 times)

Offline Villan For Life

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 14086
  • Location: Exiled on Main Street
  • GM : 07.08.2026
Re: Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread
« Reply #2850 on: December 31, 2025, 10:03:56 AM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cn989wr0gvzo

A moving interview with Josh Baker’s parents.
Logged

Offline Gareth

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 7410
  • Age: 51
  • Location: Redditch
  • GM : 25.02.2026
Re: Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread
« Reply #2851 on: January 20, 2026, 09:17:53 PM »
Sad news for both counties - RIP Norman Gifford
Logged

Offline dave.woodhall

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 64109
  • Location: Treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.
Re: Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread
« Reply #2852 on: January 20, 2026, 09:41:57 PM »
Quote from: Gareth on January 20, 2026, 09:17:53 PM
Sad news for both counties - RIP Norman Gifford

Indeed. Another part of my youth gone.
Logged

Offline Steve67

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 14300
  • Location: Down south now. Born in Aston.
  • GM : 08.12.2025
Re: Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread
« Reply #2853 on: January 20, 2026, 09:52:59 PM »
Quote from: Gareth on January 20, 2026, 09:17:53 PM
Sad news for both counties - RIP Norman Gifford

Oh no! Sad news indeed.
Logged

Offline Villan For Life

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 14086
  • Location: Exiled on Main Street
  • GM : 07.08.2026
Re: Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread
« Reply #2854 on: January 20, 2026, 10:37:48 PM »
RIP

He joined Warwickshire when we were a very poor Championship side, often finishing bottom in the days of one division cricket. He seemed to instil a standard of cricket that improved the side on many levels. We were still hopeless but we were better and that was down to Norman Gifford.
Logged

Offline Bernie

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 4240
  • Location: Portishead
  • king of celebrity deathwatch
  • GM : 30.01.2026
Re: Bears/Pears/Domestic Cricket Thread
« Reply #2855 on: January 20, 2026, 10:38:27 PM »
RIP Giff, an important part of the Worcs teams I enjoyed watching ,mainly through the 1970s
Logged
Pages: 1 ... 189 190 [191]   Go Up
« previous next »
 

SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal