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Bob Woolmer

NorthStandUltra
NorthStandUltra Posts: 2,545
edited March 2007 in Other Football and Sports
Just heard the sad news, as a Kent Cricket fan I'd like to express my simpathy to Bob's family - RIP, a true Cricket Gent

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  • Red_Pete_in_Dubai
    Red_Pete_in_Dubai Posts: 2,764
    Very sad news indeed. I had the pleasure of watching him play for Kent many times when I was a lad. At the end of the Pakistan v Ireland game last night there was a long shot of him packing up his laptop and leaving the dressing room. In retrospect that was a very poignant moment.
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,363
    Kent legend R.I.P i pray there isn't a sinister side to this.
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,926
    RIP
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    I too remember happy days down a St Lawrence groud watching him and Knott,Underwood, Asif, Shepard, Jarvis, Johnson et al.
    I remember feeling very sad when he signed for Packer. He did come back for Englnad in 1980 but wasn't the same.
    He is without doubt the godfather of modern one day cricket.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,719
    Very sad news.

    He was a great coach and a very good player. As a batsman i can pay him no higher compliment than to say he put me in mind of Colin Cowdrey when he played his off drives. He wasn't a bad medium fast bowler either.

    RIP
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    He was first picked for England as a bowler, I think he batted 8 on debut in '75 against the Aussies. He ended up scoring a century at the Oval that year to save the game.
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    [cite]Posted By: DJ Davey Dave[/cite] I remember feeling very sad when he signed for Packer.

    True DJDD, but difficult to blame him and a premonition of sport to come.

    Very sad news,

    RIP!!!
  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,184
    I was shocked when I heard the news. As a follower of Kent and particularly during the 1970's he was part of that fantastic all conquering Kent side packed with internationals.

    When he first came into the Kent side he was primarily a medium paced seamer and batted down the order. When he got a chance to bat he looked the part.

    Promoted to open the innings he had superb timing and always looked as if he had the time to play the "quicks". He had as Len has said something of Cowdrey about him, particularly driving through the covers.

    As a bowler he was under-rated but he often took the scalps of the opposition best batsman.

    I was surprised when Kent did not engage his services as a coach after he retired from the game.

    RIP.
  • MCS
    MCS Posts: 8,404
    Stunned i was, totally stunned.

    RIP Bob RIP
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,719
    [cite]Posted By: bingaddick[/cite]

    I was surprised when Kent did not engage his services as a coach after he retired from the game.

    RIP.

    He was coach at Kent for a short while in between Inverarity's spells if I remember rightly.

    Steve Marsh says in his book that he didn't do as well as a coach at Kent as elsewhere because too many of his contemporaries were still playing so the relationship was not strictly player coach in too many cases.

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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,719
    edited March 2007
    http://www.kent-ccc.co.uk/index_main.php

    A link to what the Kent fans think for anybody that is interested.

    Click on bulletin board.
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,363
    nice one len
  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,184
    [cite]Posted By: LenGlover[/cite]

    He was coach at Kent for a short while in between Inverarity's spells if I remember rightly.

    I didn't know/remember that.

    I notice on the Kent website, they refer to his career as a coach but don't mention he coached for them so I guess you are right and he wasn't successful. I would have loved him him to have been tempted back though once his credentials were established.

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