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  • November 19th RIP my friend John William George Harley

    Six years ago today, my good friend John Harley passed away.

    I met him in the 80’s when he joined Chelsfield Exiles cricket club. He was our Monty (Panesar), couldn’t field or bat, but would bowl and bowl and bowl. Ask him how many wickets he took, he could real that off with ease.

    He was diagnosed with cancer in April 2014 and his innings was to end 19th November 2014 (53 years old)

    He managed to play virtually the whole summer and John Harley, being John Harley, with his very last ball took a wicket!!!!

    In his last few years he became a TV and film extra and was well liked in that too.

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    John in action v Tonbridge Angels
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    Radio interview regarding film/TV extra work
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    The legend with me, Alan and Danny at Ash Village

  • Week 32 – October 5th 2020 – Week 29 of lockdown

    During this week, whilst looking through stuff, I came across an Chelsfield Exiles team picture from 1989.

    Taken at Poverest Recreation ground.

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    Chelsfield Exiles 1989

  • Week 15 –June 8th 2020 – Week 12 of lockdown

    People that know me, know cricket is a big part of my life, when I was 10, myself and a group of friends, from April right through to October, virtually every weekend day and school holidays, we would go off to this piece of land and play cricket. We would take food and drink and just play.

    I even had a trial for Kent, but only public school children were taken on.

    I played adult cricket from 13 and have met some lovely people over the years, the Chelsfield Exiles Saturday was a blast, on the field and off, thankfully Claire understood what cricket meant to me and the Saturday team welcomed her.

    I have been captain and chairman of the club.

    In my later life,  I have played league cricket for New Ash Green and even won a medal for winning a league, I just wished the players would believe in themselves in the second team, there are some quality players that would easily walk into other teams!!.

    Obviously COVID19 had stopped cricket, but as you see from the ECB roadmap, they wanted people playing, with my depression lifted, I wanted to play again, so made myself available again for New Ash Green.

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    ECB roadmap to get cricket playing again.
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