Another picture from Vernon Connolly’s cuttings, this one of John Abraham’s testimonial in 1990 down at Heywood. See if you can recognise anyone in the admittedly grainy picture!

 January 19, 2012  ,  3 Responses »
 

I have posted this reply to the Heywood CC Pro XI in case you haven’t looked at the comments. It’s from Mark Wright and it’s brilliant. A glimpse into a world of league cricket that has now largely passed. It has made me chuckle so I hope you enjoy When I looked at the list Click here for more ….

 

This has come about as a bit of fun, but we have some fabulous professionals at Heywood Cricket Club from as far back as records begin and we thought it would be apt to select an All-Time Heywood Pro XI. We had such greats as Frank Watson – a sometime amateur too – LL Cranfield, Click here for more ….

 

Andy Flower was overseas amateur for Heywood in 1989 (with John Abrahams as pro) and later professional in 1992-1993. With Andy as pro, we beat Middleton in the famous 1993 Wood Cup final, where VD Ball and Mike Kitchen played starring roles. Here are some of the pictures given to me by Yvonne Caveney, part Click here for more ….