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Title: Gary Sobers
Post by: essexfan548 on July 17, 2026, 05:13:10 PM: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jul/17/west-indies-cricket-great-sir-garry-sobers-dies

"Sir Garry Sobers, an undisputed cricketing great and widely regarded as the sport?s greatest all-rounder, has died aged 89.

Sobers will forever be associated with the feat he completed in 1968 at Glamorgan?s St Helen?s ground in Swansea when he became the first batsman to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket but his achievements in a long and illustrious career were numerous."

I was fortunate to see him play a few times, RIP.
Title: Re: Gary Sobers
Post by: Slogger on July 17, 2026, 05:31:37 PM: I was fortunate to see him play at Chelmsford in 1973. What a cricketer.
Title: Re: Gary Sobers
Post by: essexfan548 on July 17, 2026, 05:38:39 PM: Quote from: Slogger on July 17, 2026, 05:31:37 PM
I was fortunate to see him play at Chelmsford in 1973. What a cricketer.

I was at that match too!
Title: Re: Gary Sobers
Post by: Slogger on July 17, 2026, 05:53:11 PM: Got a 70 but Essex won?
Title: Re: Gary Sobers
Post by: bwildered on July 17, 2026, 05:53:15 PM: Never saw him play, but his reputation went before him.
Some guys I knew met him on a Windies tour, such a honour.
RIP .
Title: Re: Gary Sobers
Post by: essexfan548 on July 17, 2026, 06:56:07 PM: Quote from: Slogger on July 17, 2026, 05:53:11 PM
Got a 70 but Essex won?

https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1973/ENG_LOCAL/CC/ESSEX_NOTTS_CC_29-31AUG1973.html
Title: Re: Gary Sobers
Post by: bwildered on July 18, 2026, 07:45:08 AM: Quote from: essexfan548 on July 17, 2026, 06:56:07 PM
Quote from: Slogger on July 17, 2026, 05:53:11 PM
Got a 70 but Essex won?

https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1973/ENG_LOCAL/CC/ESSEX_NOTTS_CC_29-31AUG1973.html

Was probably his last game at Chelmsford ?
Title: Re: Gary Sobers
Post by: Slogger on July 18, 2026, 11:30:54 AM: I was slightly wrong. I do recall Basharat going after being hit and there was quite a bit of blood. 53 years ago now. Great days really. As a schoolboy it was a bus ride from the family home in Gosfield to watch grwat stars of the world game.
Title: Re: Gary Sobers
Post by: vim on July 19, 2026, 06:35:55 AM: The sixth, six, was hit out of the ground. A few days later, a boy found the ball in the gutter. In a street near the ground, and returned it. Advising that the ball was still rolling.
Title: Re: Gary Sobers
Post by: bwildered on July 19, 2026, 11:45:35 AM: Quote from: Slogger on July 18, 2026, 11:30:54 AM
I was slightly wrong. I do recall Basharat going after being hit and there was quite a bit of blood. 53 years ago now. Great days really. As a schoolboy it was a bus ride from the family home in Gosfield to watch grwat stars of the world game.

What a contrast Basharat and Sobers !