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Mike Procter RIP

PeanutsMolloy
PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,704
edited February 2024 in Other Football and Sports
One of the great all-rounders of cricket sadly departs for the Heavenly pavilion.
I was far from alone but he was one of my cricketing heroes as a lad.
The most amazing bowling action and a true great, despite the sad lack of Test cricket for the South Africans.
RIP Mike 


 

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  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,664
    One of a number of great South African cricketers of his generation. 
    At a time when the West Indies were dominating Test Cricket it was a real shame they never played one another. 
    Rip a true cricketing great. 
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,498
    Saw him play three times and every time he got a quick 50. He really did hit the ball hard. My Dad dropped him in The Mound Stand after a flick off his legs. 

    Proctershire really was a thing. He lifted the Gloucestershire players so much and they were a really dangerous one day team. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,756
    Bowling off the wrong foot as he did made him somewhat unique. A permanent fixture of our County scene, he and Zaheer Abbas were integral part of that Gloucester side of that era.

    RIP Mike
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,821
    Great all rounder.  In the seventies I worked with a guy whose name was Mike Proctor, and he always had to say "it's O R not E R!". RIP Mike.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited February 2024
    I was obsessed with Cricket as a boy and when on holiday with parents saw Barry Richards score a hundred for Hants. 
    Colin Bland was a brilliant fielder, Graham Pollock was a class batsman and his brother Peter was a top bowler. Eddie Barlow was a good opener and Mike Proctor would have broken so many records as an all rounder.

    Apartheid was/is shocking but it was a shame that because of that abomination we didn't get to see a team that could've been the number 1 team in the world for a while.

    RIP Mike Proctor
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,617
    RIP
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    all been said, terrific cricketer with that Saffie will to win and to never give up .. R I P
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,347
    RIP.  Seemed one of those guys good at anything in cricket.
  • Phil
    Phil Posts: 612
    One of the all time greats. He almost singlehandedly won Gloucs the 1977 B & H trophy. He took a hat-trick in the semi-final. Watching him run in from the boundary was a sight to behold! I was fortunate to see him play Kent in that final, whilst disappointed that Kent lost you knew you were privileged to see him play.
    RIP.
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,704
    edited February 2024
    Phil said:
    One of the all time greats. He almost singlehandedly won Gloucs the 1977 B & H trophy. He took a hat-trick in the semi-final. Watching him run in from the boundary was a sight to behold! I was fortunate to see him play Kent in that final, whilst disappointed that Kent lost you knew you were privileged to see him play.
    RIP.
    That was phenomenal that semi-final. I remember watching it. He was unplayable.
    4 wickets in 5 balls, including Gordon Greenidge and Barry Richards.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25EcIdBAikM
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  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 2,969
    Sad loss to his family friends and all county fans. 
    Such a wonderful player help make county cricket great.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    A fine player.

    RIP Mike and thanks for the memories.

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