Lives in Cricket No 49 - Enid Bakewell

34 After Dartford the men said that their wives did not believe that they had been to the meeting unless they took home some chocolate. (Some used to say I could sell ice to Eskimos). Robert says I can talk my way into anything.’ The chocolate story has spread: in a recent article it was suggested that Enid had been selling chocolate round the boundary at Trent Bridge. In July it was WCA against the Rest at the Oval. Enid bowled four overs in the first innings as the WCA made 178, then was out for two in the Rest’s 176 for eight declared. In the second innings she bowled three overs, then did not bat as the Rest won by nine wickets. They had not played much at the Oval, as the Oval insisted on employing their stewards rather than allowing the WCA to steward it themselves, and Enid remembers a charge of £1000 per steward! There were other things to concentrate on. In August 1964 she was married and she and Colin went to live in Forest Road in Annesley Woodhouse, ‘opposite Maurice and Marion Hurt’s chip shop and Fred Davies’ butcher’s shop where he made his own sausages’ . “Life was hectic with teaching PE during the day, though job satisfaction came after school with the real enthusiasts in the after school clubs.” In the meantime came wheels: “Colin had a friend at Rolls Royce who was moving to Jersey and wanted to sell his car.” This was a Frisky three wheeler (made in Wolverhampton), made of fibre glass with two wheels at the front, one at the back. It had no petrol gauge and a 250cc two-stroke engine, but it did 50 miles to the gallon. “When we went to fetch it I asked Colin the guy’s address. He didn’t know it but knew it had a blue door. Fortunately there was only one blue door in the row of houses. We got by Wedding day.