Down cricket's memory lane they went and back, numerous times, maybe more.
Fourteen retired South Hants Touring Club cricketers met for a pre-Christmas lunch at the Southwick Golf Club, several of whom hadn't seen each other for years. But what an enjoyable lunchtime they had recalling matches going back to the Sixties and Seventies, games at St Helen's on Southsea seafront, with many a story about the late Tom Cordory, a local cricket legend.
Back (from left): Jimmy Eyre, Keith Maslen, John Howard, Barry Stares, Paul Flynn, Nigel Pollinger, Derek Wooton, Rick Marston. Front: Mike Barnett, Terry Lewis, John Stubbington, Ian Preston-Jones, Dennis Orton, Arthur Shaw.
Fourteen retired South Hants Touring Club cricketers met for a pre-Christmas lunch at the Southwick Golf Club, several of whom hadn't seen each other for years. But what an enjoyable lunchtime they had recalling matches going back to the Sixties and Seventies, games at St Helen's on Southsea seafront, with many a story about the late Tom Cordory, a local cricket legend.
Back (from left): Jimmy Eyre, Keith Maslen, John Howard, Barry Stares, Paul Flynn, Nigel Pollinger, Derek Wooton, Rick Marston. Front: Mike Barnett, Terry Lewis, John Stubbington, Ian Preston-Jones, Dennis Orton, Arthur Shaw.