Heavy Rollers

olin Cowdrey got us started by becoming our first  Head Groundsman – even though we don’t own any grounds!

ight from the beginning we all of us swore allegiance to Capital Kids Cricket, London’s inner city boys and girls and their right to join in our noble game

nner London is big on kids, short on cricket pitches but full of determination to prove that it’s not only the sons and daughters of Lloyds names or Yorkshire miners who grow up to be test cricketers

live Lloyd, arguably the most successful test cricket captain of all time, happily agreed to take over the helm after the sad death of Lord Cowdrey and is now joined, as our very own Spin Doctor, by the one and only Shane Warne

ids need to be introduced to the game early and continue to play it throughout their schooldays if they are to become lifelong devotees

ngland test captains like Mike Brearley, Donald Carr, Brian Close, Mike Denness, Ted Dexter, John Edrich, Keith Fletcher, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch, David Gower, Tom Graveney, Tony Lewis, Alec Stewart, Michael Vaughan and Bob Willis happily contributed generous donations to join our groundstaff (not to mention such part-timers as Dickie Bird, Derek Underwood, Sir John Major, Sir Oliver Popplewell, Sir Tim Rice, Sir Michael Parkinson, Lord Simon, Lord Archer, Neil Durden Smith and Judith Chalmers etc etc etc)

o join, or learn more about, the Heavy Rollers, ring chief steward William Greaves on 020 7226 2705, e-mail us on info@capitalkids.org.uk or pop in to see us at www.capitalkidscricket.co.uk