Summary
IT WAS the 125th anniversary and beer was just 1.25 a pint, but still Kimblesworth Cricket Club's reunion on Friday night failed to create much of a thirst for meeting old friends.
What of 81-year-old Bobby Davison, better remembered as an English amateur international footballer but also a formidable cricketer who could talk the square legs off a cuddy? What of Kevin Dixon, familiar at Hartlepool United in the 1980s, or Bobby Orton, familiar just about everywhere?See the full content of this document
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Backtrack - Kimblesworth Cc - 125 Not Out
"A lot of lads promised they'd be here, " said Robson Smith, the organiser. "I'm going to kill that Bobby Orton when I see him."
Kimblesworth's north of Durham, separated from Nettlesworth by the thickness of a road sign and from Plawsworth by the width of the A167.The cricket club were founder members of the North West Durham League, fu...See the full content of this document
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