Summer Sports - Cricket
Mark Rowe, Esmond Howarth and Steve Martlew
the base line and set to the middle stump, enables him to mark the pitch out accurately.
He cuts the outfield two or three times a week in the summer using a John Deere 2653A triple mower set at 12mm, boxing off clippings. During the winter he will cut at 25mm and let the clippings fly.
Meanwhile, just a few miles down the
road, in the centre of the town is Wigan CC - one of the oldest clubs in Lancashire - where Paul took me to meet Esmond Howarth, the club’s groundsman for the past five years. Much like Paul, Esmond has committed most of his sporting life to
Esmond with matters arising!
the game of cricket, playing for his beloved Orrell CC. When he eventually hung up his boots, he became the club’s groundsman.
Esmond was an engineer by trade and, when he retired from work six years ago, was approached by Wigan to look after their grounds in a paid capacity, so he now divides his time between both clubs. Wigan CC is run as a not-for-profit community club that is open to all. They run three senior and six junior sides. In recent years, under the stewardship of their current club captain Mark Rowe and juniors coordinator Steve Martlew, they have made improvements to the facilities, with large lottery grants
affording them the opportunity to refurbish the clubhouse and reconstruct the square.
Mallinsons koroed off the square to
remove saddled ends, re-levelled with new loam and overseeded. Gradually, after a lot of hard graft, the square is now considered as one of the best playing surfaces in the area, which was recognised when Esmond received an award for his work. Now that the square is performing well, the club are switching their attention to the outfield which, for a number of years, has been poor. This was highlighted during last year’s very wet summer, which saw the club having to
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