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Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Society will be on Monday 11th October when John Carr will be the Guest Speaker.
Son of Donald, one of Derbyshire's most revered captains, John went to Repton and Oxford before playing for Middlesex.
In 1994 he headed the first class averages in the season that Brian Lara scored his 501* and subsequently entered cricket administration in which field he has progressed to become Director - England Cricket Operations for ECB where his experience and outstanding abilities have stood the game in such good stead.
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Our meetings take place in the pavilion at the Queen's Park cricket ground unless members are informed otherwise. Membership costs £5. Visitors are welcome for a small fee which will be refunded if the visitor becomes a member on the evening.
Meetings begin at 7.45 p.m. and are held monthly from October to March. The evenings vary from Monday to Thursday.
Founded in 1963, we are the "senior" of the three societies in Derbyshire.
Society Objectives
- To provide a source of contact between cricket enthusiasts everywhere and to promote, arrange and conduct meetings, social gatherings and other functions in order to enable members of the Society to meet one another and to encourage and facilitate the exchange of views and information concerning cricket.
- To provide such facilities for playing cricket as may be in the interest of members and of the game as a whole.
- To extend and explain the knowledge, appreciation and love of cricket amongst persons of all ages and all countries and to assist in any possible way towards the benefit of cricket players and all who are interested in the game.
Don't forget to visit the Derbyshire CCC website
Chesterfield CC Secretary, Steve Franks, presents Malcolm Ashton with a bottle of wine
Picture: Mike Taylor
VISIT OF MALCOLM ASHTON ON 8TH OCTOBER 2013
The evening started earlier than normal to accommodate the Society's AGM when there was another opportunity to thank the retiring chairman, David Marshall, for his stirling work over his ten years in office when the Society had grown from strength to strength.
The new Chairman, Mike Taylor, introduced the guest speaker, Malcolm Ashton, who started with a brief resume of his life as a scorer up to the present time when, as the Test Match Special scorer, he found himself being paid to do his hobby.
He felt that he was lucky to have been in the right place at the right time on a few occasions, citing first of all his being asked to score on TV. This in turn led in to him being asked to go to South Africa as the England scorer.
Understudying for the famous Bill Frindall on a few occasions meant he was working alongside Brian Johnston, Don Mosey and Fred Trueman and he was then asked to become the TMS scorer on the sad demise of the Bearded Wonder.
He regaled a fairly full house with a series of anecdotes from the TMS box and shared high- (and low-) lights of his time with England under the three groupings of players, places and personalities.
It all made for a highly informative and hugely enjoyable time and the same qualities were in ample evidence during the post interval question time which included an almost inevitable question about Mr G Boycott as well as many more on grounds, players, incidents, innovations and technology.
It all made for an outstandingly good start to the Society's new season and resulted in a sustained round of applause from a most appreciative audience.
Reports from Previous Meetings
2012/2013 Season
John Barclay
Cally Barlow
MJK Smith OBE
Stephen Chalke
John Lever MBE
Geoff Miller
2011/2012 Season
Chris Grant & Tom Poynton
Rev'd Mike Vockins OBE
Richard Kettleborough
Derbyshire Cricket Academy
Mick Newell
Roger Knight OBE
Clive Radley MBE
2010/2011 Season
Pat Murphy
Paul Edwards
Colin Tunnicliffe
Geoff Cook
Don Shepherd & Edward Bevan
David Morgan
Gallery
David Marshall & James Pipe | 
John Barclay & Edwin Smith | 
David Marshall & John Barclay | 
Trevor Bowring, Davdi Marshall & Bob Wood | 
John Barclay meeting,134 people enjoy a superb meal |
John Morris & David Marshall | 
Trevor Bowring, Jim Parks & Jim Brailsford | 
Matthew Maynard & David Marshall | 
Niven Roper & Chris Kelly | 
Ray East & Mike Taylor |
Chris Read & David Marshall | 
Steve Garratt & Niven Roper | 
Steve Franks & Alan West | 
Steve Kirby & David Marshall | 
Keith Loring & Mike Taylor |
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