With the local cricket season getting underway, this week we take a look back at photographs of some of the teams who were playing in the 1950 and 60s.
At that time most of the local villages entered a team into the local leagues and the matches were played on a well-maintained cricket pitch in the village.
Many local firms would also have their own cricket team and it was said that in some companies it increased your chances of getting a job with them if you were a good cricketer!
This was a time of early-closing for shops and like-businesses on Wednesday afternoons, and many of the staff would then don their whites for a game in the cricket league made up solely of early-closers.
Here we see an unknown local cricket team from the 1950s. Can any reader help with the identification?
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The players of Beaconsfield Ladies Cricket Club, c.1950:
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Booker Cricket team, cup-winners in 1951:
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This cricket match is taking place on the pitch at Glory Mill in Wooburn, 1970s:
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These are the players in the 2nd annual cricket match between the councillors and the staff of Wycombe District Council. The match was played in the grounds of Wycombe Abbey on July 28, 1951:
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