Smartie by Steve Graham

Smartie by Steve Graham

David Smart scored 23 centuries for Seaton Burn Cricket Club in the Tyneside Senior League from the first in 1979 to the last in 2003. This book contains scorecards from each of those centuries with memories of those days and contributions from those associated with both dressing rooms . The contributors to the book include some of the best local league cricketers of their time as well as David Smart himself. The foreword is by Blaydon Legend Peter Carroll. Among those also contributing are Kevin Corby, Cade Brown, Dave Sweeney, Paul Carrick, Ian Sommerville, Dave Hickmott, Joe Tyson, Stuart Stanton, Chris Cox, Craig Johnson, Paul Nesbit, Graeme Clennell and Graham Robinson. It is now over 20 years since the last game of cricket was played in the Tyneside Senior League and as the years pass, and sadly, some of those who played in it, This book encapsulates the cricketers, from all clubs, who gave their all in playing that cricket. The author was often a teammate of Smartie, he netted with him, batted with him, captained him for a season and played in a number of the games described in this book. He also played against many of the other contributors to this book and can personally verify the cricketing quality of those contributors.

The author first played cricket as a schoolboy aged around 13 . At approximately 15 he started playing junior and second team cricket for his local club, Seaton Burn Cricket Club in North Tyneside, near Newcastle. By his early twenties he had developed into a right arm fast bowler, a right handed middle order batsman and an outstanding gully fielder, regularly now also playing first team cricket. During those first team days he was fortunate enough to play with, and against many of the top local cricketers of the day. A combination of a knee injury and work commitments meant he retired from cricket in the mid-nineties. Now a grandad, the pandemic gave him cause to reflect upon the cricket he had played and the memories, of himself and others, which were rapidly fading, of the very competitive and very enjoyable days of the cricket played. To him this book represents many happy memories of his cricket life, team mates, opposing players and friends.

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ISBN 13	9781839756177
ISBN 10	1839756179
Title	Smartie
Author	Steve Graham
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd
Year published	2021-07-22
Number of pages	254
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