Jimmy Snee - that very well-known cricketer from the Gainsborough area who spent this summer with Upton and Kexby in North Lindsey League division three - joined myself and 30-or-so other veteran footballers to do our bit for charity last night.
We took part in a special floodlit match at Brigg Town FC which raised more than £800 to assist Help For Heroes fundraising.
A very fine footballer in his day, Jimmy was a member of the Brigg Town X1 which beat Brigg Amateurs Vets 8-4. Typically he scored at one end and cleared off the line at the other. Some of us were unable to cover that sort of distance and there was lots of substituting by Brigg Amateurs!
An exception was Colin Mumby - still turning out for Broughton 2nds in Lincs League division three - who showed he's still got something to offer with the ball at his feet. Indeed, he's still playing in the Scunthorpe Saturday League, despite being very nearly 60.
The match was refereed by Brian Clark, who many will remember as long-serving general secretary and one of the founding fathers of the sadly-missed Broughton and District Evening Cricket League.
Among the good-sized crowd were Graham Day, the former Appleby-Frodingham CC wicketkeeper; Peter Douce, vice-chairman of the Scunthorpe and District Cricket Umpires' Association; and (as you'd expect, given the venue) many ex-Brigg Town CC players.
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