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On 18 May 2013 20:13, JOHN SYKES <[email protected]> wrote: > So do I. Eric, I didn't mean to dump on you, but! > > When I grew up in Ripon, Yorks., I managed to go to Ripon Grammar School, > thanks to my grandparents. I played every game offered there...trouble was > it was cricket and rugby...no football. Some guy jumped on my back as I > ran for a try, and bloody near killed me...that ended the rugby and for > some wonderful reason, I took to watching Ripon City Football club play > each week, and with trips to my grandparents, games at Elland Road, > watching LU. That was in the late 40's-early 50's. I got a great start in > cricket, earning a trip to the Yorkshire Nets one season. All of that came > to a crushing end when my Dad decided the family wold move to Canada. Not > exactly the home of either sport, then or even now. > > My long career in sports broadcasting enabled me to visit England quite > often and of course managed to squeeze in some visits to E.R. and > Headingley. Craziest thing was in cricket, Denis Compton was my hero in > the early going....try that one when Sir Len should have been my choice. > > Some of you may have a great love for Leeds United, for LU football, and > maybe even England football. Others have a heart large enough to add > cricket to their list, just as I do. But for Pete's sake it doesn't have > to be just one....sport is so large a territory...embrace it...its not the > same today as it once was...when players took to the games because they > loved to participate, not simply to fill their bank accounts. > > When I hit 75 later this year, I can safely say sport has given me a > wonderful life as a kid and later as a broadcaster.....the Munich Olympics > tragedy, the Montreal Games, Calgary '88...World Curling from all over the > place. Nothing would match my watching LU come out onto the pitch, or at > the old Fourth Test Match in July at Headingley...seeing Hutton and > Washbrook open an England innings. > > Cheers mates, and no offense Eric.... > > John "Grampa" Sykes > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Murray" <[email protected]> > To: "Eric B" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 10:24:29 PM > Subject: Re: [LU] Good day for Yorkshire > > I don't like Cricket - I love it. > > Keep it coming Rob. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 18 May 2013, at 05:41, "Eric B" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > can you put cricket in the subj. line so I can delete this. I fucking > hate > > cricket. > > > > thanks, > > Eric > > > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Robert Heath <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> At Edgbaston Yorkshire are well on the way to beating the current > >> champions by an innings, even without Root and Bairstow, while at > >> Lords those two contribute over a third of England,s runs > >> > >> Sent from my iPad > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leedslist mailing list > >> Info and options: > >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > >> > >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
