Lives in Cricket No 7 - Richard Daft

Library, and to many other county archivists and local studies libraries. David Jeater has proved to be a patient and knowledgeable editor, while Peter Griffiths, in addition to typesetting the text, completed a long outstanding piece of the jigsaw. Philip Bailey and Gerald Hudd provided valuable statistical help. Roger Mann and Patrick Jeater have assisted with illustrations from their own collections. My thanks, too, to Zahra Ridge for her cover design. None of this would have been possible without Jean Jones, who typed, typed and typed again the text, after making sense of my scrawl. She and my long-suffering wife, Jill, are two of the five people who are really well informed about Richard Daft. It gave great pleasure to many people that Richard’s grave was refurbished in December, 2007, thanks to Barbara and Stephen Baldwin, and to Pam and Neal Priestland, who spearheaded the fund-raising operation and saw it through to completion. Neil Jenkinson Winchester, July 2008 Acknowledgements 139