Lives in Cricket No 52 - Schooled in Cricket (2nd edition)

148 ball dismissal in the 1971 final’. But all the seven wickets that did fall in Hall Bower’s reply to Honley fell to Johnny and five of them were stumped by Miles Lawrence. This was the most stumpings in an innings in Honley’s history – and all off the same bowler! The incidence of this combined record of father and son must be a world record of sorts! Another record was Johnny’s recorded age – 58 years and 130 days – the oldest to play in such a cup final, but we now know that he was three years older than that. As for the match itself these performances by father and son were to no avail. Hall Bower bowler Terry Woodhouse took eight for 61 and was adjudicated man of the match eclipsing even the performances of Robertshaw and the Lawrences. Hall Bower, who like Honley had never previously won the cup, had won by the slender margin of 12 runs. Johnny took 104 wickets that season – another club record and was fifth that season in the League averages at 9.71 runs per wicket. Seven more successful seasons in league cricket Honley team after their cup final at Fartown. Back row, left to right: Miles Lawrence, Julian Holroyd, R.E. Castle, G.A. Walker, Ian Waddington, Malcolm Naylor, Mike Tindall (scorer). Front: Frank Fisher, Robert Hardy, Peter Green, Johnny Lawrence, Ian Hellawell, John Sanderson.