Cricket pavilion named after club stalwart

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GLAZEBURY Cricket Club will start the new season in the Cheshire Alliance on Saturday, April 18 – with its pavilion newly re-named in memory of former player and groundsman Tom Milmine.
Tom’s sister, Rita Tongue, has presented the club with a memorial plaque to be displayed in the pavilion.
A distinguished all-rounder from 1985 until 2008, when he was forced to retired because of back trouble, Tom continued as head groundsman until his death, aged 64, in January 2013.
The club introduced a new trophy, for the leading wicket taker of the season, in Tom’s memory at their last annual meeting and now it has named its pavilion after him.  It was not possible to name the Hurst Lane ground after him because it is already a memorial to Glazebury soldiers who fell in the First World War.
Glazebury’s first match of the new season will be a tough one, away at Westminster Park while the 2nd XI will entertain Old Parkonians.
The club would welcome new players – particularly as they have lost about seven young players from April to June because they have gone to university.
Work has already started on preparing the ground for the season – and this has presented the club with another problem.  Without a regular groundsman, players are going to have to prepare the field each week on a rota basis. They have already been given basic instructions on how to prepare the wicket and square before a match and how to repair and re-seed it afterwards.
The club would welcome new members, on and off the field. Anyone interested should call 1st XI skipper Sam Stanier on 07958 412757 (seniors) or Chris Lord on 07734 310743 (juniors).


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