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[The old shedboy]

Early 70s...who was at the oval to watch us play footy n cricket in , i think , was a charity scenario..great day out

[jim hamilton]

Hi there...a little before my time but i have the Prog.Think it was a testimonial for the cricketer Arnold Long?

Cheers

Jim

[Shatner's Bassoon]

Wasn't there a floodlight cricket match played at Stamford Bridge in the early 80's?
Can't remember who played, West Indies??? Obviously very short square boundaries so plenty of off and leg side sixes

[jim hamilton]

Yes,1980 Essex V West Indies

Cheers

Jim

[The old shedboy]

Change your name to Jimmy knowledge

[jim hamilton]

Cheers Brimstone,all the best Jim

[Peckham Blue]

jim hamilton, on 23 September 2011 - 06:57 PM, said:

Yes,1980 Essex V West Indies

Cheers

Jim

I was there for that one, East Upper.

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brimstone, on 21 September 2011 - 11:47 AM, said:

Early 70s...who was at the oval to watch us play footy n cricket in , i think , was a charity scenario..great day out

This has got to be the one:

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ASK STATMAN

Posted on: Fri 07 Oct 2011
Back for the first time this season to answer a range of number or fact-based Chelsea questions sent in by supporters is club statistician Paul Dutton…

I'm going to open this time by mixing up my sports.

Mark Taylor asks for information on a visit by the Chelsea players to the Oval cricket ground in London in July 1971. He was there and met many stars from the 1970 FA Cup winning squad and can remember there being a five-a-side football game and a 50-over cricket match.

The picture above records the event as being part of a testimonial for Peter Bonetti. I know for sure it was on 21 July 1971 and in the cricket match, Surrey scored 228 for 9, Keith Weller and Steve Sherwood both taking three wickets and three catches each for Chelsea.

Having had a 50-run start, Chelsea were all out for 201, goalkeeper Sherwood hitting 46 runs.

It was actually six-a-side football and the match ended Chelsea 8 Surrey 6 with the cricket county having a five-goal start. Chelsea's scorers were Cooke 2, Houseman 2, McCreadie, Dempsey, Webb and Mulligan.

It all went to show that footballers are better at football than cricketers and cricketers better at cricket than footballers!

LINK

[The old shedboy]

Yep that looks good..Tried to find my skinny little self of the time....lol...THANKS...VERY NOSTALGIC