Nottinghamshire Cricket Annual 2022

Nottinghamshire Cricket Annual 2022.  

 

Published by the Nottingham Cricket Lovers’ Society.

 

Available mid-March. Price £5.

 

After last years’ reduced edition caused by Covid pandemic, the 2022 annual is bigger than ever with 240 pages including 32 pages of colour photographs. The annual has been expertly put together by Wade Print & Paper Ltd; with many thanks to Bill Taylor and Gordon Smithurst. The Cricket Lovers’ Society really appreciate the support that has been afforded to them by Notts County Cricket Club and also the advertisers which continue to loyally support the publication.

 

2021 saw the passing of the irreplaceable long-standing club archivist and librarian Peter Wynne-Thomas, aged 86 years. Peter was the Editor of the Notts Annual between 1975 and 1981 and he returned as Editor between 1992 and 2015 (editing 31 Editions in total). After
Notts CCC decided in the autumn of 2018 that they would no longer produce an annual, Peter was very much to the fore in ensuring the annual would be published helped by a group of volunteers from the Nottingham Cricket Lovers’ Society, including obviously himself. This independent publication is going from strength and strength and we will continue to not only cover Notts CCC but all cricket played throughout the county, which was very much how Peter saw the role of the annual. A full tribute and obituary to Peter is contained within the annual. Peter Griffiths provides a full bibliography of Peter’s publications. 

 

The annual contains the following:

 

·         Introduction/Editorial

·         A comprehensive summary of the first-team including averages, outstanding performances, partnerships and extensive reviews of each of the three first-team competitions

·         Full scorecards and reports for all 2021 Notts first and second team fixtures

·         Extensive 21-page record section#

·         Obituaries

·         Notts 100 and 50 years ago

·         Review of Notts Women in 2021

·         Comprehensive coverage of all age-group representative cricket in Notts

·         Full coverage of the following leagues:

·                      Notts Premier League

·                      South Nottinghamshire Cricket League

·                      Bassetlaw & District Cricket League

·                      Mansfield and District Cricket League;

·                      Notts Youth Cricket League

·                      Newark Evening Cricket League

·                      Mansfield and District Youth League

·                      Bassetlaw & District Junior Cricket League

·                      East Midlands Women’s Cricket League

·                      Plus, a full club directory

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In addition, there are an array of interesting articles. Contributors include the Notts CCC Captain Steven Mullaney; Notts CCC Head Groundsman Steve Birks; the former Notts CCC President Bill Taylor; Cricket Lovers Treasurer Richard Stevenson on the 1981 championship winning team reunion; Notts CCC’s Heritage Officer Steve LeMottee, now part of the editorial team of the annual and Notts Heritage volunteer Peter Smith. An overview of Recreational Cricket in the County is provided by Mandy Wright the Community and Development Manager at Notts CCC.

 

We would wish to record the help given by the following individuals who have greatly assisted the editorial team (David Beaumont, David Richards, Bill Russell, Steve LeMottee and myself) by providing material for the Annual. Tom Holdcroft, Head of Marketing and Communications at Notts CCC, Roger Marshall with first team scorecards and help with reports; Anne and John Cusworth with second team scorecards and assistance with reports; Chris Reavill for the Notts Premier League Round-up; Gary Edginton for the Gunn & Moore South Nottinghamshire Cricket League information; Neil Fenwick for the Bassetlaw & District Cricket League write-up; Andy Duckmanton for information on the Newark Cricket Club Alliance; Ian Dipaolo for articles on Under-19 T20 cricket and Walking Cricket.

 

Finally, many thanks to all our proof readers and photographic contributors.

 

The annual should be available in mid-March.

 

If you want any further information on the annual, please e-mail me at nclsannual@gmail.com

 

Mike Goulder

Annual Editor