Cricket ball returned after 80 years
Published: March 24, 2006
AN inscribed cricket ball, commemorating an outstanding achievement in a match played more than 80 years ago, has been returned to Wisbech Grammar School.
The ball, which bears the inscription ‘P.H. Main - ten wickets for 29 runs - Wisbech Grammar School v Wisbech Cricket Club - July 1925′, was presented to Percival Main, who died in 1989 at the ageof 79.
The trophy was recently recovered by his nephew, Dave Taylor, of Worthing, who was clearing the flat occupied by Mr Main’s widow after she had moved to a nursing home.
The family of four brothers and two sisters lived first in Wisbech and then moved to Terrington St Clement when Mr Main’s father died as a result of gas poisoning suffered during the First World War.
After leaving school, Mr Main worked in local government and qualified as a quantity surveyor. He served as a stoker in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the war and afterwards resumed his career as a quantity surveyor on Merseyside.
He did not pursue his cricket career, but turned to golf and in his prime he played off an eight handicap at Wallasey Golf Club.
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