2nd not 1st: Essex 1899-1914 (6th ed)

Cantrell was fined £50 and Nie £5, with Spurs being exonerated. The club stood by their man and he remained in post until the Great War. He seems not to have returned after the war and by 1921 was living in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, where ‘the old Spurs trainer’ played cricket for ‘North Thames LV’ against the Three Counties Mental Hospital. He took no wickets but scored 19 not out to help his team draw the match. Jack Nie never married, and died in Biggleswade in 1935, aged 55. * * * * * The 1901 census shows that the brothers Walter and Henry Nie were groundsmen at Leyton and, before Harry Watton’s suggestion, I thought one of them must have played in these matches. Walter (b. 17 Oct 1871, Leyton, Essex; d. Q2 1957, Essex SW) was born Frederick Walter but always reversed his names. In 1939 he was a groundsman at Valentines Park, Ilford, where in May Essex played a festival week. Similarly, his brother Albert Henry (b. 24 April 1877 Leyton, d. Q4 1958 Deptford) was born Henry Albert and reversed his names. They were Jack’s cousins. Batting and fielding record M I NO RUNS AVE 100s 50s CT ST Friendly 2 1 0 0.00 4 Bowling Balls M R W 5wI 10wM Friendly 132 7 78 2 Highest score: 0. Best bowling: 2-56. Pallett, Edward Roy (1895-1918) Born Q3 1895, Halstead, Essex. Died 6th April 1918, Aveluy Wood, France. Played 1914. Captain Roy Pallett was the only son of Dr Thomas Edward Pallett and Mary née Fowler of Earl’s Colne, Essex, where he was born. Educated at Bowden House preparatory school and Repton, Roy was a fine all-round sportsman. He was in the Repton football XI 1912-13 and the cricket XI 1912-14, and represented the school at the Aldershot boxing tournament in 1914. He played football for Corinthians and Ipswich Town, and on 10 April 1915 was left-half for Corinthians-Under-Arms against Felixstowe Garrison. He played cricket for Essex in three Second XI matches in August 1914. His best performance was against Kent, when he scored 79 and added 161 for the 9th wicket with Harry Hills. He also played with Paul Hilleard for Essex Young Amateurs against Surrey Young Amateurs, and scored 61 not out. His scores for Essex were better than anything recorded by Cricket Archive for Repton. The school war register states: Private, Public Schools Battalion, 19th Royal Fusiliers, August 1914; 2nd Lt. 18th Battalion, October 1914; Lieutenant, France, December 1915; temporary Captain, gymnastic staff, Scotland, July 1917; attached to 7th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, France, January 1918; wounded and mentioned in dispatches; killed on 6th April 1918 at Aveluy Wood and buried in a temporary grave; in 1920 the body was exhumed and identified by a single boot. His body was re-interred at Aveluy Wood cemetery.