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WESTBOURNE

A village history in West Sussex

MEMORIES

WESTBOURNE CRICKET CLUB

I remember Sid Morgan very well from my association with Westbourne Cricket Club.  He was a good player.

My memory recalls the following players: Sid Morgan, Len Butt, Lionel Ellis, George Mcgee, Jim Young, Tom Carpenter, Captain Barber RN, Bob Lawrence & Phil Jones, who were teachers at Westbourne School, Dick Fossey, Bert Smith, Bill Baker, Mel Baker.   Fred Cressweller was our grounds man who lived 0n Monks Hill. Also in attendance, without fail, was Walt Redman who lived in School Lane, and always arrived on his trusty bike.

I started at about 15 years old in 1953 as the scoreboard boy, graduated to scorer, which improved my writing and mathematics no end, and then to player. One particular game stands out in my memory, and that was when Westbourne batted first, after several days of heavy rain, and were all out for 16 runs.   The opposition fared even worse, and were all out for 8.

It was always accepted that the team that batted first ended their innings at tea, which set the target for the opponents to reach after tea.    On one occasion however the opposition carried on batting after tea, which was obviously frowned upon by all, such was their determination to win.    Rather a shame because generally speaking it was a friendly league.   We used to play in places such as Buriton and South Harting.   How we used to get there I have no idea.   Very few people had cars in those days. Playing against Stansted was always a pleasure in such a lovely setting. In effect we were playing on his Lordships front lawn.   He used to watch the match from his own little two-seater pavilion, and the two team captains took their turns to sit with him when not involved in the proceedings.

 Another thing missing in those days was a decent toilet facility.   All we had were two small cubicles at the back of the pavilion with bucket toilets, and no running water.

Meville Baker

SIDNEY FRANCIS MORGAN  26 March 1915 – 15 November 2014