tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56451962011-06-16T18:34:16.027+01:00of Failand & Portbury Cricket Club, one of the leading cricket clubs in the Bristol and North Somerset areas - "History is bunk" : Gerald <a href="http://www.mooreshardware.biz/images/CD%20&%20Ford%20Car%201923%20Low%20Res.jpg">Ford</a> (former President of the United States of America)- Don't be so pedontic! Pedantic, stupid! There you go again!Ben Boundary-Creeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159703892996131990noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5645196.post-3403221191228109052008-05-24T23:55:00.004+01:002008-05-24T23:59:38.853+01:00

Lynmouth 2005Phil Dungey with Henry Humphreys (right) and Paul (Chalkie) Whyte (left)

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Thousand target

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1985 1st XI PHOTO

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Echoes

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FORMER SKIPPER'S SON VISITS[pre-war and post-war captain - see earlier posts]Margaret & I really enjoyed meeting you and the Failand cricket team on Sat. We would like to thank you for your very warm welcome and for tea. It looked as though you were playing a very good standard of cricket and well set to win the game.You have a lovely pavilion.I shall hope to drop in again someday and hopefully

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BEN AT FAILAND by his son JohnMy father the Rev. E.S. (Ben) Bromhead (1897-1969) was curate-in-charge at Failand from about Jan 1937 to about 1949. He was a very keen and able sportsman. He had been in the Cricket XI and Rugby XV at Bristol University, where he was also President of the Students’ Union. (He may have been captain of one or both of the sports teams). He also played on the wing at

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RELICS? FOSSILS?No, I'm not just talking about Keith Greenidge and Steve Fear!Club Archivist Lyndon Prendergast is piecing together a historical record of Failand and Portbury from 1894 (shortly after he left school) to the present day with particular reference to the cricket club and is keen to hear from anyone with photos or artefacts or writings of any kind dating from the pre-war* period

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A SHORT CLUB HISTORYPortbury CC was founded in 1889 and amalgamated with Failand CC 5 years later to give us the club we know today.The first president was Mrs. Georgina Maxwell Brittan of Failand Hill and subscriptions for playing members were set at a florin for the first year and one shilling annually after that. However, records show that this was rapidly updated to five shillings for

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Portbury Parochial Report 1894(to view magnify to 200%)

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