Sheffield Cricket Lovers' Society Year Book 2026

was injured or unavailable, replacements would be sourced from the Lancashire ground staff; Jack Simmons, Ken Snellgrove, Harry Pilling, John Sullivan are good examples. Farokh Engineer also played several times for us. David Hughes scored a spirited 40 against Astley Bridge. By then he was famous for his tremendous knock in that famous Old Trafford Gillette Cup Match that played well into the evening. His famous comment to Jack Bond was, “If I can see ‘em, I can hit ‘em” which became folklore in the Red Rose county’s history. At Astley Bridge we were fortunate to employ a fast bowler called Cec Wright as 12