Jonathan Rice

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@SirTimRice I remember buying Stupid Cupid at the Record Room in St Albans in 1958. One of many great records by a great talent. RIP Connie Francis

So many stars of my teen/pre-teen years leaving the stage. RIP Connie Francis one of the greatest, ballads or rock. Queenly, emotional voice. Only Brenda Lee matched her recording impact in late 50s/early 60s. She recorded 3 songs by my pal Don Black. I'm v.jealous. All Connie fans sorry now.

If you’re a county age-group cricketer, boy or girl, your coach can apply to us for help towards travel & kit costs. If you’re new to a Women’s Tier Two team you can also now be considered. We are awarding our final grants and have EXTENDED the application window to end May.

Go out and buy a copy of the spring edition of Nightwatchman (no. 49) now. 136 pages of great articles, great photos and even a poem or two. The best read for those who think about, and care about, cricket.

@arusbridger @nytimes Corer and fiber both a disgrace. And what about Mommy a few days ago? Ridiculous.

Wordle. We spell it fibre. And corer was a disgrace. Have a good weekend @nytimes

There is now a short report at the @ACScricket website acscricket.com on the highly successful Members' Meeting held at the @unionjackclub in London on Saturday. Those attending were entertained by seven speakers on a variety of cricketing topics.

@ACScricket had an in-person meeting at the @unionjackclub yesterday. There were some fine events during the day as members came from far & wide. The presenters included @AnnieChave @lonsdale_jeremy @DavidKendix @JonathanRice47 #tonywatts @chrisobrienuk & the whole event was expertly chaired by @ACScricket Chair #johnbryant whilst #keithwalmsley rose from his sick bed to present a drop-dead good quiz. Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Jonathan Agnew is our special guest speaker at the @JohnnersTrust Dinner at Lord’s, Mon 4th Nov. Tkts ww1.emma-live.com/Johnners-2024/… as we mark 30 yrs of support for VI ckt, and raise funds for the final cohort who’ll receive grants to keep them in the talent pathway. Join us! #cricket

A Cricketer's Life kentcricketheritagetrust.wordpress.com/2024/06/06/a-c… via @jonathanrice47

@CCMembersGroup Kent have sent out their membership packs. Got mine about a week ago.

Hampshire membership packs arrived this week. Which other counties have sent out their membership packs?

The latest post on the Kent Cricket Heritage Trust blog looks at England's first captain of our women's Test team. A great lady kentcricketheritagetrust.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/bet…

@AlisonMitchell I had a DVT after a long flight once. Hurt like hell but worked out OK in the end. Look after yourself and do what the docs tell you to do.

Well, flying back to the UK with Deep Vein Thrombosis wasn’t part of the plan. But so glad it got detected when it did. And the NHS has been swift this end, same as the medics in Oz ❤️ Feeling fortunate. Wear your flight socks, move and hydrate folks!

Mordecai Sherwin was the last professional captain of @TrentBridge in the 19th C, there was not another until 1961 when John Clay was appointed. This portrait of Sherwin, who also played in goal for Notts County, hangs in the Trent Bridge Long Room. #SportAndArt

@thefulltoss There are a few of us for whom Fulham is our first favourite club.

Fulham are everyone’s second favourite club. No? 😉

Not many cricketers are remembered in stained glass but Rev Philip Williams, who played 20 First-Class games (two for @TrentBridge) in the 1840s, has this splendid memorial in his church St Mary the Virgin at Rewe, Devon. #SportandArt

@patmarsh @john_warnett @DomKingLive @CitrusDavid @annacookson @BBCRadioKent @BBCSounds Thanks @patmarsh. Usually when @BBCRadioKent asks me to comment it means some megastar has died. Much better to celebrate a birthday and tell the world (or our little corner of it) about my favourite pancake topping.

It was lovely to hear @john_warnett, @JonathanRice47, @DomKingLive and @CitrusDavid all chatting with @annacookson a little earlier today on The Wake Up Call @BBCRadioKent @BBCSounds Each of them, first class communicators and a perfect way to celebrate #WorldRadioDay

John Johnson’s portrait hangs over the door to the Long Room @TrentBridge but not for his on-field exploits (just a few games) but as a long-served Hon Sec, club Vice-President and the guiding hand in the building of the ground’s first Pavilion. #SportandArt.

Charley Brown, born this day 1815, was a wicketkeeper-batsman for @TrentBridge whose most original claim to fame was to bowl right arm ‘behind his back’, a curious method that helped to secure him nine First-Class wickets. trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/hi…

Six @TrentBridge players appeared for Alfred Shaw’s XI v Melbourne CC XI in January 1887; as tour manager Shaw was not among them. Of the non-Notts players, Johnny Briggs of @Lancscricket was born in Nottinghamshire. Shrewsbury skippered the side and batted at number ten.

30 Dec 1882 @KentCricket's Ivo Bligh & Edmund Tylecote debuted for @ECB_cricket v Australia at MCG. Tylecote top scored in both innings but England lost by 9 wkts. Under Bligh's leadership they won the next 2 Tests, prompting some ladies to burn a bail & put the Ashes in an urn.