A Review of the 1963 Season
Doug Insole became the new Club President in 1963 and in that year the 1st eleven won six games out of nineteen. Robin Hobbs was now a regular in the County side and Graham Saville made his debut for the County, scoring 23 and 48 against Sussex at Hove.
In the first half of the season, Ted Sandrock had some great innings, with 92* in the Sunday As v Walthamstow, and 81 v Lensbury and Graham Saville, when available hit 62 v Wanstead and 55 v Lensbury. Buddy Jessop’s name features prominently in the bowling honours as usual, but the star performer was Robin Hobbs who took 7-18 v Mill Hill off 13.5 overs and the week before 6-25 off 18 overs v The Mote.
In the seconds under Peter Norgate, Bryan Hart took 5-18 v Brentwood.
No details of Club scorecards/match reports are known after 21 July – Ted Sandrock advises me that the Press Secretary (himself!) was on holiday – all I can say is it must have been a bloody long holiday he had that year !!
1963 saw improved facilities for the 3rd eleven with home matches to be played at the London Transport Ground in Kitchener Road, Walthamstow.
The Married v Single game at the end of the season threw up some interesting names. The singles were 5 short of victory with two wickets in hand when Buddy Jessop promptly took both wickets to give the marrieds victory by a single run.