Cricket Lovers
Fred Trueman Has a Word at Wombwell

The newly-formed Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society heralded 1953 with a club dinner at Sir George’s Arms Hotel on Saturday night when the principal guests were Mr. C. Hesketh, chairman of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club Committee, and Fred Trueman, Yorkshire and England bowler.

Welcoming the guests, President Dr. L. Taylor paid tribute to the energetic committee who, he said, were determined to do all they could to help local clubs and young players.

The founder-secretary, Mr. J. Sokell, reported that interest had been so keen that after only two months they had had to close the membership. He was convinced that the Society would be the means of cementing new friendships.

Mr. Hesketh wished the Society success and said it represented a grand idea for which he hoped would spread throughout Yorkshire. Regarding the prospects for 1953, he said he had hopes that England would regain the Ashes, especially in view of the wonderful performances of Len Hutton and Fred Trueman.

In reply to “The Guests,” proposed by Mr. H. Bannister, Fred Trueman also commended the ideas for which the Society was formed and offered his full support. Speaking of his own cricketing career he acknowledged that he owed a lot to such men as Mr. Hesketh, whose advice had been invaluable. He, too, had high hopes of better luck against the “Aussies.”

Mr. E. Sykes proposed a toast to “cricket,” — the greatest of all “ambassadors” for England.