The first floodlit match...

[firehazard]

Nice piece on Britain's first floodlit cricket match (in which Essex were involved) by John Ashdown in today's Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/23/the-spin-forgotten-story-first-floodlit-cricket-match

[nat]

I was there.

[essexfan548]

What about the indoor county 6 a side that we won many years back - we are still the holders of that trophy!

[Perov]

When did we play in the Dartford tunnel?
That was floodlit.

[JasonP]

What about the indoor county 6 a side that we won many years back - we are still the holders of that trophy!

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJBG25cv_c

[nat]

What about the indoor county 6 a side that we won many years back - we are still the holders of that trophy!

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJBG25cv_c

Blimey the Wadham Stringer Trophy final ... presented by Fred Dineage. TV Gold. I don't remember this at all.

Top players involved so they must have got relatively well paid.

This video should be preserved.

[essexfan548]

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJBG25cv_c

Yes - I was there! I think I have a video tape of the semi-final somewhere. I met most of the team at one point during the weekend = they were pleased to have some support - it was when I lived in Hastings.