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Saturday, June 28, 2025

21-27 June 1975: West Indies Win the First World Cup; Cowdrey 100 as Kent beat the Australians

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This week fifty years ago was the finest of my cricket-watching life. That two defeats for Australia were involved only enhances the memory,...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

14-20 June 1975: Swing it like Happy Gilmour

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  Public interest in the World Cup was increasing as it moved towards its climax. Its success was clear. On Saturday New Zealand beat India ...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

7 – 13 June 1975 The First Cricket World Cup is Underway

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 In the present there is a world cricket final taking place at Lord’s. There was another one, in Dubai (!) a couple of months ago, and anoth...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

31 May – 6 June 1975 Snow returns

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  On Monday, famously, play between Derbyshire and Lancashire at Buxton was prevented by snow, enough for a covering of the field. Snow also...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

24 – 30 May 1975 A Good Week for Mike Denness

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  24 – 30 May 1975 This was the first week of the 1975 season that followed the pattern familiar to followers of county cricket in the sev...
Monday, May 26, 2025

17 - 23 May 1975 The Appeal of the Shoreditch Sparrow

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This week in 1975 was given over to one-day cricket, with the final two rounds of the zonal stage in the 55-over competition and the Sunday ...
Saturday, May 17, 2025

10 - 16 May 1975 The Good and Bad of Geoffrey Boycott

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  Geoffrey Boycott was the focus of much attention this week, as he was so often in these years. Against Worcestershire, he made an unbeaten...
Saturday, May 10, 2025

3-9 May 1975: Boyce and Lloyd a class above the rest

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Saturday was FA Cup final day, an all-London affair between West Ham and second-division Fulham. A measure of what a big occasion it then wa...
Saturday, May 3, 2025

1975: The Season Begins

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  Saturday 26 April 1975 – Friday 2 May 1975 There was no Cowdrey Stand; the white scoreboard and the lime tree would be a surprise. The i...