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

208 events were repeated every few yards without any let up in the shouts of “Johnny how are you”. We arrived back in our seats just in time for tea!! He knew so many people and had so many fond memories of events and I realised that people didn’t want to just say hello, they wanted to share their experiences with him again. “What a wonderful man.” Johnny’s children have all expressed what a great father Johnny was. His fourth child Susan puts this eloquently. “I was lucky to be born into the crazy world of cricket, and all the sports people, friends and acquaintances, activities, games, humour and dedication et cetera which accompanied it. I’m surprised that I didn’t end up playing as I was fascinated by it but ended up favouring the arts. However I did go to most of the Saturday matches often in beautiful Yorkshire country villages scoring with the metal Some appreciations of Johnny Lawrence Johnny in characteristic pose.