Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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Very sad to hear that the ex Kent skipper has lost his fight with cancer. My friend and I followed that great one day side in the 70s that claimed so many trophies at weekends and in school holidays. Those were the days when Kent would play at Crabble once a year too.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/apr/19/mike-denness-dies-72-england-cricket-captain
The Obituary has been amended...
"An obituary for the cricketer Mike Denness (20 April, page 43) said, because of an editing error, that in scoring 99 and 112 in a Test match against the West Indies in 1974, Denness put paid to Geoff Boycott's chances of taking over as England captain. It was Boycott who scored those runs, helping England level the Test series and Denness retain the captaincy."
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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My husband was a big Kent fan and armed with his sandwiches went to their home games whenever he was not working.
RIP Mike Denness.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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had great partnerships with brian luckhurst for kent and england.
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It was a great partnership Howard and to this day I have never seen a pair that was better at going for quick singles, it was like they were telepathic. When called up for England they would often bat with Boycott, the worst runner I have ever seen! Had the pleasure of playing against Mike Denness , he was a true gentleman and a superb leader, RIP.
Audere est facere.
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Farewell Mike Denness, cricketer and Scot
somewhat affected by the nominative determinism of Geoffrey Boycott
Raised on the latitude of Pringle's
Famed for balletic, quick singles.
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Tom
Audere est facere.
Alec Sheldon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 18 Aug 2008
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Like Judith I saw Kent play Lancashire (my home county) at Crabble when I first came to Dover in 1970 and saw Colin Cowdray and Mike Denness play.
RIP Mike Denness.
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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What a team Kent had in the 70s with Mike Denness, Colin Cowdray, Brian Luckhurst, Allan Knott, Derek Underwood, Alan Ealham. The lesser known team members were very good too: Graham Johnson, Asif Iqbal, John Shepherd etc......
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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that is the late 70's early 80's when my home county was in direct confrontation.
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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Mid to late 70s was when I was a Kent season ticket holder and all the above featured regularly, although I think Colin Cowdray retired well before 1980 to be replaced by his sons of course.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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I remember gary sobers at crabble.
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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I would have loved to have seen that, Brian.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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yes he was good,stay for about half an hour or so,he was knocking the ball all round the park.if I remember that' was the he got 6 sixs in one over.
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I saw Sobers at Crabble when he was playing for Notts, his six sixes Brian was against Glamorgan.
Audere est facere.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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martin,thats the one.
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