[JohnW]

Talking of cricket, when we were over in Baxenden recently we had arranged to meet an old schoolgirl friend of mine with whom I had managed to get in touch through the St. John's (Bash) church website. She was my first 'love' when I was 6 years old and I hadn't seen her for fifty years. We met her and her husband at the church for lunch and it turns out that her husband used to play for Accrington and was in the team when they won some shield or other. Excuse my ignorance I do not know which shield it was. He will be in his early sixties now I would think. His name is Jim Eland and from what I can gather he was quite a player in his day. Any of his old team-mates on this site?