Former House professional and batting record holder Martin van Jaarsveld has been named the Professional Cricketers’ Association Player of the Year.

A former South African international cricketer, Martin now a Kolpak player with Kent scored more than 1000 runs in the County Championship but was unable to prevent Rob Key’s men  being relegated. He was also prolific in limited-overs cricket, cracking four centuries and 660 runs in nine innings as Kent reached the Friends Provident Trophy final which they lost to Essex.

Martin (pictured below) currently holds the Lowerhouse Professional batting record having notched 1260 runs in the 1999 season.

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Lowerhouse Cricket Club announce that Stan Heaton has been named as Cricket Chairman with immediate effect and will combine this role with that of Cricket Manager. Stan will also take on the the important role of League Representative for the club.

David Wren will revert to the role of Managing Director of Lowerhouse Cricket Club CIC. Over the last two years, the club has become a Limited Company, invested heavily in club development and seen turnover trebled. The appointment is geared to promote the extension and speed of this continuing process.

 Frank Entwistle will combine the roles of Club and Company Secretary with Keith Fairclough continuing as Club Treasurer and Company Director. Matthew Stansfield has become a Director of the company with specific responsibilities for commercial aspects of the business.

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It is with great sadness that LHCC received news of the death of former player and official Duncan Hall. Duncan aged 64 died suddenly from a heart attack on September 15th in his home town of Tobermoray on the Isle of Mull.

Duncan joined the club when he moved to Burnley with his work with Lucas. He resided in Lowerhouse. He had previously played for Lancaster and was a first eleven player at Lowerhouse in the 1970’s. He was a number 3 batsman, occasional bowler and gully fielder. He was a distinctive player – a student of the game and a gentle giant – well over 6’ tall he was a large man with a beard, and often wore a traditional hooped cricket cap. This led him to be affectionately referred to as WG Grace.

Having retired as a player Duncan worked tirelessly as a member of the Supporters Association alongside the late Ken Smalley and his good pal Kevin Higgins before marrying and relocating to Scotland.  

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You may have seen recently that Lowerhouse released Brendan to represent Gloucestershire in two Pro 40 games both of which were screened on Sky TV.  We are pleased to say that part of the agreement was for Brendan to return to complete the season with us. However it rained all weekend and we were unable to play any cricket.

The directors and players would  like to place on record their thanks to Brendan for his efforts and 100% commitment to the club during this season.  We are sure that the supporters also wish to thank Brendan for some top class entertainment particularly with his big hitting “There’ll be a 6 in a minute”! 

As far as a return next season is concerned discussions have taken place and we hope to be able to report positively in due course.  Thanks again Brendan we hope to see you soon!

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Both this weekends fixtures we abandoned without  a ball being bowled leaving the lads in fifth place in the final league table.  Accrington were crowned League Champions with Rawtenstall Runners Up for the second year running.

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