George Porter, my uncle, and son of the famous Derbyshire cricketer George Porter, was the groundsman in the early thirties, and permitted me to 'help' him in 1933 until I broke his scythe sharpening stone on the pitch roller. He thanked me and pensioned me off with a penny.
George Porter, my uncle, and
George Porter, my uncle, and son of the famous Derbyshire cricketer George Porter, was the groundsman in the early thirties, and permitted me to 'help' him in 1933 until I broke his scythe sharpening stone on the pitch roller. He thanked me and pensioned me off with a penny.