Sad news that John Jameson has passed away.
Sad news that John Jameson has passed away.
He was very much a fixture in the Warwickshire sides I remember from my youth. He also gave a lot back to cricket after his playing career ended, as umpire, pitch inspector and administrator. Sadly missed.
Just seen that sad news. Crazily, I just posted on the New Local Derby thread, about my first trip to Edgbaston in 1965 - of course, one J Jameson was playing. I remember a wonderful, flowing, batsman who was capable of taking bowlers apart. For some reason, I only think of him hitting fours & sixes, EVERYWHERE, can't remember him running singles! I also remember him as a decent medium seam bowler - who like Webster, could switch to off spin - though again, it couldn't have been that regular an occurrence.
"You can take the boy out of Atherstone, but you can never take Atherstone out of the boy !"
"The Bears and the (footballing) Foxes for ever !"
John was a regular attender at the Cricket Society meetings at Edgbaston so will be missed there.
It's a shame that, whilst I was able to post something about his passing yesterday, there is still nothing on the Club website about one of their all-time great players.
Brian Halford says:
"So sorry to hear of the passing of the great John Jameson.
J.A.Jameson, D.L.Amiss, A.I.Kallicharran, R.B.Kanhai, M.J.K.Smith. Has a better quintet ever played together in county cricket?"
I didn't realise that his funeral was being held at Edgbaston:
https://edgbaston.com/news/remembering-bears-great-john-jameson/
The poem by his daughter may not be great poetry but obviously came from the heart;
The umpires confer, the night starts to fall,
The light meter’s out and Stumps is the call.
The teams gather around you, and you all walk together,
Over the boundary, not out forever.