ARTICLE: A hammering at Chelsea as local cricketer fights for life
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ARTICLE: A hammering at Chelsea as local cricketer fights for life
The latest from the 1959/60 season
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That was one of the very rare occasions that season when there were serious doubts as to whether we were quite good enough to actually win the league. Defensively we still looked slightly off but that was soon about to be rectified. From an attacking point of view we were formidable and capable of scoring more than one goal against any opposition.
As for the Jimmy Greaves situation, he must have loved playing against us and seemed to score every time we met. Be interesting to know just how many games he played against us where he actually failed to score. Simply an exceptional goalscorer.
As for the Jimmy Greaves situation, he must have loved playing against us and seemed to score every time we met. Be interesting to know just how many games he played against us where he actually failed to score. Simply an exceptional goalscorer.
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I remember Collie Smith dying very well but I never knew that Sobers was the driver. You learn something new every day I guess.
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Collie was just before my time but a very entertaining batsman I’m told. His score at Lowerhouse in the 1959 Worsley Cup will never be bettered.FCBurnley wrote:I remember Collie Smith dying very well but I never knew that Sobers was the driver. You learn something new every day I guess.
An ex-Claret in both teams too.
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Does anyone know if the C A Martindale on the scorecard is the same Colin Martindale who taught PE at BGS for a short time around 64/65? I know he played at BCC at the time and I remember him being an incredible fielder, I think he was related to Learie Constantine.
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Peter Kippax c Albert Cheesbrough b Roger Devon 20!ClaretTony wrote:Collie was just before my time but a very entertaining batsman I’m told. His score at Lowerhouse in the 1959 Worsley Cup will never be bettered.
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Two Burnley footballers and a Padiham stalwart. Always thought that Roger Devon and his brother John were at Padiham throughout their careers, but obviously not.
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Just looking at the Burnley team in the cricket. There’s Bob Entwistle whose funeral was just last week. The last three in the line up are still with us and I’ve spoken to Jack Schofield and Ross Haworth in the last two or three weeks.
56 4s in that innings from Collie Smith. There were no 6s at Lowerhouse then so the score may have been even higher had there been.
56 4s in that innings from Collie Smith. There were no 6s at Lowerhouse then so the score may have been even higher had there been.
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Peter Kippax was an amateur when he played for us. Would he have been the only amateur to have played in a post-war FA Cup Final?
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I remember going to the match night after night. In those days you could bat until you were out. Hence the Collie Smith score. He was just the nicest guy.ClaretTony wrote:Just looking at the Burnley team in the cricket. There’s Bob Entwistle whose funeral was just last week. The last three in the line up are still with us and I’ve spoken to Jack Schofield and Ross Haworth in the last two or three weeks.
56 4s in that innings from Collie Smith. There were no 6s at Lowerhouse then so the score may have been even higher had there been.
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Every chance he was the last oneRoyboyclaret wrote:Peter Kippax was an amateur when he played for us. Would he have been the only amateur to have played in a post-war FA Cup Final?
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Burnley had already announced they weren’t retaining him for 1960. They told him on a Friday night so he went out and got a ton the day after. His last game was at home against East Lancs but he was bowled for nought.FCBurnley wrote:I remember going to the match night after night. In those days you could bat until you were out. Hence the Collie Smith score. He was just the nicest guy.
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C A Martindale was Colin Martindale. He was the son of legendary Manny Martindale. Not sure if he was related to Learie Constantine. Think Manny was one of the first West Indian pros in the Lancs League (if not the first) but I could be way off beam with that one.Malvern claret wrote:Does anyone know if the C A Martindale on the scorecard is the same Colin Martindale who taught PE at BGS for a short time around 64/65? I know he played at BCC at the time and I remember him being an incredible fielder, I think he was related to Learie Constantine.
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Colin Martindale taught me at Burnley Grammar School. He and his brother Fred both played for Burnley. They were Manny’s sons.FCBurnley wrote:C A Martindale was Colin Martindale. He was the son of legendary Manny Martindale. Not sure if he was related to Learie Constantine. Think Manny was one of the first West Indian pros in the Lancs League (if not the first) but I could be way off beam with that one.
Manny was Lowerhouse pro I think but I’d have thought years after Constantine.
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Just checked:
Constantine at Nelson 1929 to 1937
Martindale at Lowerhouse 1947 to 1950
Constantine at Nelson 1929 to 1937
Martindale at Lowerhouse 1947 to 1950
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A short extract from the 1947 FA Cup Final report..........
.......Peter Kippax was the golden boy of Burnley Football Club at the time, but the talented amateur chose the wrong day to miss out on top form and was responsible for some of the worst misses in an otherwise drab match..........
We finally lost to a late extra-time Charlton goal. Crowd was 98,215.
.......Peter Kippax was the golden boy of Burnley Football Club at the time, but the talented amateur chose the wrong day to miss out on top form and was responsible for some of the worst misses in an otherwise drab match..........
We finally lost to a late extra-time Charlton goal. Crowd was 98,215.
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Didn't Kippax play with an injury he'd kept quiet?
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Well, believe it or not, we played seven league games AFTER the Final and Kippax did not feature in any of them.Quicknick wrote:Didn't Kippax play with an injury he'd kept quiet?
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Kippax was only with us for a couple of seasons. I was told that his father said he would cut him out of his will if he turned professional. I think they owned Kippax’s Mill on Eastern Avenue, later became Skipper’s Ford dealers.
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On the 1947 situation after the Cup Final, I think the weather in March must have been horrendous and we only played two league games all the month. There is a famous picture of Billy Morris scoring the winner in a 6th Round Cup replay on a snowbound Turf Moor.
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My dad always said it was the worst winter he ever experienced. We didn’t play our final game that season until June.Royboyclaret wrote:On the 1947 situation after the Cup Final, I think the weather in March must have been horrendous and we only played two league games all the month. There is a famous picture of Billy Morris scoring the winner in a 6th Round Cup replay on a snowbound Turf Moor.
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Brilliant series about that famous season! I think it was the first season I went on't Turf for every home game plus a number of reserve matches. Plenty of goals scored ( and conceded), good crowds with no segregation of supporters and THAT team and no messing about moving fixtures and kick off times for TV.
Collie Smith was a wonderful cricketer and nearly always kept the crowds entertained.
Collie Smith was a wonderful cricketer and nearly always kept the crowds entertained.
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Your timing was much better than mine. My first season was the following season. First pro I can recall next door was Lance Gibbs in 1961.Suratclaret wrote:Brilliant series about that famous season! I think it was the first season I went on't Turf for every home game plus a number of reserve matches. Plenty of goals scored ( and conceded), good crowds with no segregation of supporters and THAT team and no messing about moving fixtures and kick off times for TV.
Collie Smith was a wonderful cricketer and nearly always kept the crowds entertained.
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I'd been to matches at the Turf during previous seasons but 59-60'was the first season of attending every home game.ClaretTony wrote:Your timing was much better than mine. My first season was the following season. First pro I can recall next door was Lance Gibbs in 1961.
I remember Lance Gibbs...he was signing my autograph book and I was fascinated by the length of his fingers! My pen looked like a matchstick in them.
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I know this isnt the main point of the thread, but why were there no sixes at Lowerhouse ? I know little about cricket and less about Lowerhouse cc. Been bugging me all day !
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I'm alive lads dont worry
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Grounds had to be of a certain size then for sixes to be scored. There were none at Lowerhouse but at other grounds there could be a six on some sides but not others. Burnley’s was one of only two or three where a six could be hit on all four sides.Fenwick wrote:I know this isnt the main point of the thread, but why were there no sixes at Lowerhouse ? I know little about cricket and less about Lowerhouse cc. Been bugging me all day !
But to score a six at those grounds and sides where it was permitted, the ball had to be hit out of the ground, not just over the boundary.