FORMER ENGLAND BATSMAN DENNIS AMISS TO BE GUEST OF LINCOLNSHIRE CRICKET LOVERS AT CLEETHORPES MEETING

A cricketing legend who has enjoyed more than 50 years in the game is the guest at the December meeting of the Lincolnshire Cricket Lovers’ Society, writes ANN BOULTON.

Dennis Amiss MBE will be at Cleethorpes Cricket Club on December 11 to talk about his long career as a player and later as an administrator.

The former Warwickshire and England batsman scored more than 43,000 runs and is one of the few batsmen to have score 100 first class centuries, a feat he achieved in 1986

As an England player, he hit an unbeaten 262 against the West Indies in the 1973-74 test series and followed it up with 206 at the Oval in 1976 against an attack that included Michael Holding and Andy Roberts.

In the early days of limited over cricket, he also became the first batsman to hit a century in One Day Internationals. Amiss went on to become CEO of Warwickshire and deputy chairman of the ECB before retiring in 2011. 

The evening begins at 7.30pm and is free to Society members and £5 for guests.

LINCOLNSHIRE CRICKET LOVERS’ SOCIETY

 The next meeting of the Lincolnshire Cricket Lovers’ Society focuses on a topical theme – the First World War.

Current 100^th anniversary commemorations coincide with the visit of author Brian Halford whose 11 years of research have unearthed and explored the identity of the man who was the inspiration behind the P G Wodehouse character Jeeves.

Born in Dewsbury and brought up in Goole, bowler Percy Jeeves played 50 games for Warwickshire and was on the verge of the England team when World War 1 intervened.

Halford’s book The Real Jeeves explores the player’s life before and during the conflict and reveals how Wodehouse modelled his character on Percy Jeeves after seeing him play in a county match.

Coincidentally, the foreword to the book is provided by Dennis Amiss, who will be the speaker at the Cricket Lovers’ Society December meeting.

Brian Halford will be at Cleethorpes Cricket Club on Thursday, November 13.  The evening starts at 7.30pm and is free to Society members and £5 for guests.