Old Mother Hubbard – 2

The scorebox cupboard did yield up more than the Wick’s own Ashes (Wickman did spend a nanosecond imagining a special moment – the handing over of a unique trophy at the end of Presidents vs Chairmans – the Frank Bean Memorial Urn). There’s a bat signed and presented to the club by none other than Tom Graveney – as a junior Graveney played for the Wick. There are photographs from down the ages. Scoresheets from forever ago. Fixture cards from during WWII. Plus a lifetime’s supply of ashtrays – get a degree level art student in and you can imagine them coming up with a stimulating statement about permanence and decay – or something. Wickman reminds members and volunteers that Natwest Cricket Force weekend is 31 March / 1 April. Block out diaries, 9am – 3pm on the 31st (there’s an event in the evening) and 1 April 10am – 4pm. The Saturday will be hard labour in the changing rooms and outside areas, the Sunday we’ll concentrate on turning the club from its winter guise of football club HQ back to cricket club.