Killerton Cricket

When Sir Richard and Lady Anne passed ownership of the estate to the National Trust, Lady Anne insisted that the cricket pitch be retained in perpetuity as a cricket ground for use by the community.

During our time at Killerton we had the opportunity of playing on the ground. There are a few photos surviving of those times.

The "Pavilion" in 1973

Thank you to Roger Dickson for passing on this photo of the 1970 team.

Here the 1973 team:

Returning in 1974, a number of Ex-Killertonions formed a team to challenge the youngsters, once again, thanks to Roger Dickson for these:

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The Ex-Killerton team:

.. and the resident 1974 Team:

.... by this tme, it would appear that standards had reduced somewhat: 

... after the match: