Recent reference on Lincs Cricket Latest to Walt Blackburn, extremely long-serving secretary of South Kelsey Cricket Club, has prompted Ann Boulton to stress it was not only players the old lad tried to recruit for duty with his beloved village side.
She recalls he was always trying to persuade the best players to "come and play at Kelsey next season". And if anyone new moved to the village, Walt would be there, on his bike, asking if they played cricket.
"However, I was rather surprised when, sitting in the sun doing the scorebook for East Halton at the old ground (it always seemed to be sunny at Kelsey!), Walt sidled up to suggest I go and score for them next year. A good one for the CV perhaps - 'head-hunted for my scoring skills'.
Ann was one of those involved with Lincs cricket who attended Walt's funeral during the winter - held in South Kelsey - after which a wake was held at his favourite watering hole, The Bull Inn.
Kelsey stalwart of so many matches, Edwin Chappell (now with Owmby), and Mike Heath (who delivered the eulogy) afterwards met up with fellow mourners to pore over pictures of Walt in various Kelsey team and trophy-winning line-ups down the decades.
The old lad could not have been given a better send-off!
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