Gerald Plumbly at 90

NOMADS CC

GERALD PLUMBLY

Life President Stoics CC and sometime member of Nomads CC

Gerald Plumbly 2003 at the Nomads Centenary Dinner

On October 22nd 2004 the Stoics Cricket club founded 1877 celebrated the ninetieth birthday of their President for Life Gerald Plumbly with a protracted lunch at the RAF club Piccadilly London since when the lunch was repeated each year until 2009.

Gerald himself played sometime for Nomads and over the years there have been and still are many members who play for both Stoics & Nomads clubs.

For several decades Gerald largely single handedly ran the Stoics who only play midweek cricket and generally to a high standard. Gerald was driving to and scoring the matches into his 94th year and chairing the AGM.

In his playing days he was notorious for arriving late always with memorable excuses caused by his duties as a Vet including the Queen's Corgis & Horses. See Telegraph Obituary for story of stripper and Boa Constrictor

Gerald was also at some time President & Captain of Old Dunstonians and played a fair bit for Romany CC and also Privateers CC. He also ran a squash club The Swans for many years.

Gerald passed away on January 26th 2010 aged 95, much loved and much missed.

John Nagenda writes of his old friend

Stoics Cricket Club

Gerald Plumbly 30th October 1914 - 28th January 2010

Gerald's funeral took place at Golders Green Crematorium February 11th 2010

Times Obituary February12th 2010

Telegraph Obituary- Amusing & Affectionate memory of Gerald

The Stoics Cricket Club has gone into the annals of the game for a match at Hampstead before declarations became the norm.

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Hampstead CC v Stoics CC Hampstead 4 August 1886

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Result: Match drawn

Toss: unknown(presumably Hampstead)

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HAMPSTEAD Innings
AE Stoddart      c Kelly    b Renny 485
WR Marshall      bowled       Oscar    6
JCQ Besch        c Lavender b Fleming 98
M Smith-Turville bowled       Kelly    5
E Swift          c Kelly    b Carter 92
A Russell-Parker c Kelly    b Parker   4
FAK Doyle        c and b      Carter 27
P Dollar         c Lavender b Renny   38
HG Booth         c Carter   b Kelly    1
T Stewart        not out               0
E O'Dwyer        absent                0
Extras           (b 50, lb 6, w 1)   57
TOTAL            (all out)           813

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FoW:1-28,2-242,3-269,4-652,5-659,6-742,7-813,8-813,9-813.

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STOICS CC (did not bat):F Bigg,FF Kelly,J Renny,SD Fairless,
GWT Daniel,Oscar,Lavender,Fleming,Wither,Thompson,F Harper

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AE Stoddart who played for Middlesex and eventually took his own life was seventh out, took six hours and ten minutes and included 1 eight, 3 fives, 64 fours. The 813 took six hours fifteen minutes. 485 was the highest score in all forms of cricket, beating Mr JS Carrick's 419* for West of Scotland v Priory Park in 1885 (later beaten by AEJ Collins 628* in 1899).

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A Century later Stoics challenged Hampstead to a rematch under the 1886 Laws. Hampstead declined and Stoics won the match. Keith Miller watched the 1996 match.

Michael Blumberg - Hon Secretary
Nomads Cricket Club, 3 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DD
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