It’s a little known fact that Bill, who joined St Cross in the 1970s, once took all ten opposition wickets in a match, playing a Sunday game for Bartley in the heart of the New Forest. A rare feat indeed.
He opened the bowling for St Cross, playing alongside Alan Rowe for many summers in the Hampshire League. It was always lively and competitive, without fail ending up in the Queen, where the match would be ‘replayed’ over the odd glass of ale.
Cricketers played on Saturday’s and Sunday’s in Bill’s days and it would often be no surprise to find three Postles, all left-handers, playing in the same St Cross team. Mum and dad would do the teas, making it a real family outing.
Keen on his soccer – he played for Hyde United in the Winchester & District League – he was an avid Winchester City supporter and followed the club home and away, seldom short of a joke and a smile on the sidelines.
Professionally, he left school to work for the Ordnance Survey, but scaled the heights at the BBC in London, where he worked for 18 years, finishing as a director. He was responsible for the publication of the Radio Times, along other BBC reading material. St Cross Symondians have lost a much loved character.