DavidB-AU Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 22 hours ago, phil_sutters said: Do they just fly in a big loop around Yorkshire, or have they got other destinations? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 13 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: The Peco Club Team has turned up with some players and equipment. He's run out? Don't mention Botham! ... oh, whoops, too late. In a desperate attempt to remain on topic, I better ask: Are there any prototypical cricket grounds next to railways? Old Trafford? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 30 minutes ago, 62613 said: Old Trafford? I remember John Arlott getting distracted by the passage of a train during a Test Match there in 1977 Into the 1960s, St Helens (Swansea) had both the Mumbles Railway and the ex-LMS line to Swansea Victoria passing it. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 23 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: SIX ! ...... no it's a thirty three, you idiot 🙄 2 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted November 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 26/11/2022 at 21:08, Jeremy C said: The Oval's pretty close. The new Battersea branch must pass almost directly underneath. Lords does have a tunnel underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2022 14 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: SIX ! ...... no it's a thirty three, you idiot 🙄 The secondary school I was at had sports fields alongside the Water Orton-Walsall line, which was well-used for a variety of goods traffic at the time, with 25s, 47s, 56s, and 20s in pairs. I was the type who always got picked last for any team and in the cricket season I was put well out of the way near the boundary. This led to the nadir of my popularity. The ball was hefted in my direction. There was no hope that I would catch it, but was it a four or a six? I could not answer, as my attention had been distracted by a passing 25. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted November 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 26/11/2022 at 21:15, KeithMacdonald said: Perfect! That picture reminds me of those "spot the ball" competitions that used to proliferate years ago. (It's not the white dot above the wicketkeeper - still only red balls used in club matches then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 7 hours ago, Compound2632 said: The secondary school I was at had sports fields alongside the Water Orton-Walsall line, which was well-used for a variety of goods traffic at the time, with 25s, 47s, 56s, and 20s in pairs. I was the type who always got picked last for any team and in the cricket season I was put well out of the way near the boundary. This led to the nadir of my popularity. The ball was hefted in my direction. There was no hope that I would catch it, but was it a four or a six? I could not answer, as my attention had been distracted by a passing 25. I can relate to this as my school grounds backed on to the Quarry Line. But even worse was that I could also lookout of several classrooms as well. Keith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nigb55009 Posted November 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2022 Wigan Cricket Clubs Bull Hey ground is next to the WCML. It's on the up side of the line to the North of Wigan North Western Station. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2022 How about one in a triangle! Cricket and football pitches in Perry Barr 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2022 I wonder if anyone has managed to bounce a ball off the catenary? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 37 minutes ago, melmerby said: I wonder if anyone has managed to bounce a ball off the catenary? No catenary down here, but at an away game I have seen a ball end up in the 6 foot at Wick (near Littlehampton, Southern Combination Division One). There is a big fence, but we had some rather 'agricultural' players that season... In the Division above (SCFL Premier), the Brighton main line runs past Hassocks. Track is in a cutting, so you don't see much, but you certainly hear it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 7 hours ago, brushman47544 said: That picture reminds me of those "spot the ball" competitions that used to proliferate years ago. (It's not the white dot above the wicketkeeper - still only red balls used in club matches then. Judging by the position of the bowler's delivery stride, somewhere invisible behind the nearest fielder! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidlandRed Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, big jim said: How about one in a triangle! Cricket and football pitches in Perry Barr 17 hours ago, melmerby said: I wonder if anyone has managed to bounce a ball off the catenary? Having spent many hours as a child there in the 1960s watching the cricket (my dad played for the team), but also train-spotting, pre, during and post electrification I can vouch for the fact that many balls were lost (and sometimes recovered) on and across the railway lines although I don’t recall the catenary (or any trains) being hit!! It was great for train spotting, and particularly when WCML trains were diverted via Wolverhampton, Bescot, Aston, Stechford, Coventry at weekends whilst the Trent Valley section was being electrified. Beyond the cricket pitch on the north-east side, next to the railway the archery club operated - I always gave it a wide berth but it always made me wonder if it was a little dangerous next to a railway track - the target boards were down in the south east corner so they fired adjacent to the oncoming north-westbound trains. In the area at the south east corner of the triangle was a railway served and operated water softening plant - there were manual signal boxes at the north west (replaced on electrification by the relay boxes seen in the Google image) and southern corners. I’m presuming access may have been gained by the signalmen via the edges of the cricket ground and across the boarded crossing - although I never saw that happen - if not via nearby over bridges (although I don’t recall pedestrian gates at either). Access (pedestrian) is gained via a boarded crossing of the south to north west arm of the triangle. I recall on one occasion a Stanier 8F hauled loaded ballast train which had been travelling on the southbound line was parked across the crossing for a period of hours, resulting in the entire pair of teams, supporters and ancillary staff (scorers, umpires etc) having to clamber over one of the ballast wagons - which at least had manual access at the end! Edited November 29, 2022 by MidlandRed Compass point confusion…. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 29, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2022 Anybody fancy building a working replica of this? 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted November 29, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2022 26 minutes ago, melmerby said: Anybody fancy building a working replica of this? I was watching that last week there was a roll back headshunt on teesside It's a little way into this film https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-steel-strides-ahead-1961-online 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 26/11/2022 at 21:13, Wickham Green too said: Well, the Great Central had to get very special permission to tunnel under Lord's ! That reminds me of the fuss at Plymouth Cricket Club (c.1940) https://www.google.com/maps/place/HQ+building,+237+Union+St,+Stonehouse,+Plymouth+PL1+3HQ/@50.3675749,-4.1690489,318m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x486c93430f5f9055:0x3f6c545ce1c74088!8m2!3d50.3691665!4d-4.1581045?hl=en When "secret" tunneling underneath caused the cricket pitch to "sag". There might have been a war on, but by George, some things are sacred! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 3 hours ago, melmerby said: Anybody fancy building a working replica of this? It's been done. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bittern Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 27/11/2022 at 07:24, KeithMacdonald said: In a desperate attempt to remain on topic, I better ask: Are there any prototypical cricket grounds next to railways? Cullompton Cricket Club, as shown in this rather good picture of 45137 The Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment [TA]. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted November 30, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2022 Medium pace apparently... St Bees. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted November 30, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2022 and this one near Princes Risborough on the old Chinnor branch. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 30, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2022 Another cricket ground next to a railway was Keswick, which unfortunately has lost it's railway but it was right next to the station which was on a higher level.: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.0&lat=54.60365&lon=-3.13577&layers=168&b=1 It is also overlooked by Skiddaw and has been voted the lovliest cricket ground in England. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 30, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 29/11/2022 at 15:38, Donington Road said: It's been done. Excellent, extremely nice bit of modelling. I wonder why it's a mirrored version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 The former Peak Frean sports ground is next to the Dartford Loop between Lee and Mottingham where it crosses the A20. They have cricket pitches there. For years, the sign was neglected and said Pea..Frean. These days it has been taken over by the Leathersellers Company - map from the NLS collection - 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 14 minutes ago, melmerby said: ... I wonder why it's a mirrored version? Like so much of our layouts - a question of available space, I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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