Scorecard for Worcs 60 run victory over Middlesex, 1 June 1969

Hosted 1 JPL fixture, in 1969

Graham Roope made 120* at Byfleet in 1973 against Worcs. The 3rd highest innings in the John Player League by a Surrey player.

Good article on a certain US-based cricket fan in there too! Hopefully will raise the profile of your podcast, a great listen as your enthusiasm for the game shines through.

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Extract from article, headlined Smells Like Teen Spirit

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Great read and highlights the difficulty in continuing to develop post under 19 level.
A very talented group, would love to see some of them playing county cricket over the next couple of years.

Should be a scramble to sign Usman Tariq.

Dipak Patel was the first player in the John Player Sunday League to score a century and take 4 wkts in the same match (1982 for Worcs v Hants).
Also made a fifty and took 5 wkts in a JPL game the following season, joining only 4 others to achieve that feat.

Fantastic series, (briefly) reinvigorated Test cricket after attritional 1950s

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First page of Chapter 6 of the book, covering the period 1980 to 1983

Second page of Chapter 6

Sample photo page from the book: John Arlott in reflective mood, Lancs skipper Jack Bond on the pavilion balcony at Old Trafford, Harry Pilling executing a square cut in front of packed crowd, Lancashire fail to beat Glamorgan at Old Trafford in 1971 to deny them a hat-trick of titles.

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Nobody skippered a side in the John Player League on more occasions. RIP.

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Although he made his name in Rugby Union, ‘Dusty’ Hare made 6 appearances in the John Player League for Nottinghamshire.

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The trip drew good crowds, particularly on the smaller islands.

Kent retained their JPL title in the 1973 season, but there was no repeat visit to the Caribbean, instead they had to content themselves with a weekend in Paris.

The other victories came against Trinidad u25s, Tobago (where local schoolchildren were given the day off to attend) and St Lucia.

The closest of the defeats came at Bridgetown on 13 January. Barbados made 173/8 thanks to 97 from Geoff Greenidge. Kent fell 13 runs short.

They posted over 200 runs only once, in a 30 run win in Antigua, on a beautiful batting track prepared by prisoners. Brearley (82) and Boyce (52*) top scored for Kent, with 23 year-old Vivian Richards responding with 63 for Antigua.

Of the 11 matches played over the JPL format, Kent lost all 7 against the first-class sides, and won all 4 against the lower level opponents.

The Kent team line up that toured the West Indies in January 1973, photographed in their tour suits

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First saw this album in my dad’s collection as a youngster and assumed Frank must have popped round our house to record it before I was born.

Great memories. You saw 4 of the best. The JPL was the perfect competition for families, either in the ground or watching on BBC2.

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He saw the light.