Lives in Cricket No 49 - Enid Bakewell

51 Enid from 1969 mum had cut herself off from outside interests and lived rather like Miss Havisham in Dickens. Dad was the only car driver and was on endless committees. So I got to see her in hospital but not as often as I would have liked but was there to hold her hand the night before she died. It didn’t help that dad would not share his feelings. I worried that looking after Lorna whilst I was away on a four and a half months’ tour had been too much for her. Like any mum she put her family first - even when I was young - at meal times if she had not cooked enough vegetables and I wanted more she would give me some from her plate. Dad was released from his committees and helped me by coming to cricket matches. He was even called ‘Mrs Turton’ as he walked round the boundary with my handbag!’ Robert, born September 22, 1971 was named by Lorna. Enid said: “He was not planned and really stretched the purse strings.” Remarkably enough, in June 1971 Enid (who must have been six months pregnant), took eight for 53 in a ‘marathon spell’ for North Midlands against East Anglia. Then she was 38 not out in a score of 81 for two when the game was rained off. 15 So in the early 1970s Enid was mainly involved in looking after her children, though she did go into Lorna’s school to help by listening to readers and generally lending a hand. ‘I missed the children during the school term so I originally went on a voluntary basis to help Lorna ‘s teacher at the new Annesley Primary school. This was an open plan school and I tried to persuade the headmaster - Mr Johnson - that it was ideal to have class sizes with a maximum of 18 to 15 Newark Advertiser, 5 June 1971 Enid in bowling pose.