Lives in Cricket No 27 - CB Llewellyn

106 Happy Ending wickets for 74 versus Clifton Chlorine Recreationals, who were dismissed for 164. East Lancs had compiled 212 without loss, and declared, and thus obtained an overwhelming victory.’ Buck did not, whether by reason of illness or injury, complete a full season’s cricket, finishing with 27 wickets at an average of 12.40. A year later, a brief article by S.F.Hayes in The Cricketer about the Australian left-arm googly bowler, Fleetwood-Smith, referred to Buck who ‘was even last season taking wickets in Bolton League [sic] cricket.’ (I am grateful to Peter Wynne-Thomas for this reference.) He did not feature at all in the magazine’s pages in 1937 and 1938. He remained on the staff of the mill until the week ending 21 September 1938, a period which encompassed six summers; he told John Arlott, in 1960, that he had played league cricket until that year. A little gentle analysis is required. In 1936 the Paper Mills again won the Association title, and their averages were recorded in full in the Athletic News Cricket Annual for 1937, but Buck does not appear, even in the ranks of the also batted. Even if Buck did not turn out to play in those last three summers, he The East Lancashire Paper Mill side which won the Bolton league in 1934. Standing ( l to r): A.Hawarden, A.Jones, W.Knight, C.B.Llewellyn, E.Burnden, H.Ashworth, K.Bearshaw. Seated: T.Needham, L.Pharaoh, W.Hathersedge (capt), N.Ashworth (wk), W.Jenkins, A.Bearshaw.