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by: Farmer Giles - Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:01 UTC

I was an apprentice in the early 1960s at a company in Worcester. A
salesman/rep at the company was a distinguished looking older gentleman
who people told me was a retired Worcs cricketer. His name, IIRC, was
Tom Perks - does anyone here know anything about him?

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by: Andy Walker - Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:17 UTC

On 20/09/2022 16:01, Farmer Giles wrote:
> I was an apprentice in the early 1960s at a company in Worcester. A
> salesman/rep at the company was a distinguished looking older
> gentleman who people told me was a retired Worcs cricketer. His name,
> IIRC, was Tom Perks - does anyone here know anything about him?

Reg Perks was a successful fast-medium bowler for Worcs from
before WW2 to 1955. I saw him a couple of times, but don't recall much
about him from that. He took 100 wickets per season year, in year out,
and got called up for a couple of Tests, with decent results, but by
the end of the war he was a veteran and no longer in contention. By
the early '60s, he would have been 50 or so, so "distinguished looking
older gentleman" would be about right.

--
Andy Walker, Nottingham.
Andy's music pages: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music
Composer of the day: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music/Composers/Mayer

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by: Farmer Giles - Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:45 UTC

On 20/09/2022 16:17, Andy Walker wrote:
> On 20/09/2022 16:01, Farmer Giles wrote:
>> I was an apprentice in the early 1960s at a company in Worcester. A
>> salesman/rep at the company was a distinguished looking older
>> gentleman who people told me was a retired Worcs cricketer. His name,
>> IIRC, was Tom Perks - does anyone here know anything about him?
>
> Reg Perks was a successful fast-medium bowler for Worcs from
> before WW2 to 1955. I saw him a couple of times, but don't recall much
> about him from that. He took 100 wickets per season year, in year out,
> and got called up for a couple of Tests, with decent results, but by
> the end of the war he was a veteran and no longer in contention. By
> the early '60s, he would have been 50 or so, so "distinguished looking
> older gentleman" would be about right.
>

Thank you. Yes, of course, it was 'Reg' Perks. I would have said that by
the early sixties he was more like 60 than 50, but you could be right -
people looked much older in those days!

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by: Robert Henderson - Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:15 UTC

On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 4:17:31 PM UTC+1, Andy Walker wrote:
> On 20/09/2022 16:01, Farmer Giles wrote:
> > I was an apprentice in the early 1960s at a company in Worcester. A
> > salesman/rep at the company was a distinguished looking older
> > gentleman who people told me was a retired Worcs cricketer. His name,
> > IIRC, was Tom Perks - does anyone here know anything about him?
> Reg Perks was a successful fast-medium bowler for Worcs from
> before WW2 to 1955. I saw him a couple of times, but don't recall much
> about him from that. He took 100 wickets per season year, in year out,
> and got called up for a couple of Tests, with decent results, but by
> the end of the war he was a veteran and no longer in contention. By
> the early '60s, he would have been 50 or so, so "distinguished looking
> older gentleman" would be about right.
>
> --
> Andy Walker, Nottingham.
> Andy's music pages: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music
> Composer of the day: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music/Composers/Mayer

Reginald Thomas David Perks
BORN October 04, 1911, Hereford
DIED November 22, 1977, Worcester, (aged 66y 49d)

FORMAT Mat Wkt Ave Econ
Test 2 11 32.27 3.42

FC 595 2233 24.07 2.77
https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/reg-perks-18504

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by: Farmer Giles - Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:44 UTC

On 20/09/2022 17:15, Robert Henderson wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 4:17:31 PM UTC+1, Andy Walker wrote:
>> On 20/09/2022 16:01, Farmer Giles wrote:
>>> I was an apprentice in the early 1960s at a company in Worcester. A
>>> salesman/rep at the company was a distinguished looking older
>>> gentleman who people told me was a retired Worcs cricketer. His name,
>>> IIRC, was Tom Perks - does anyone here know anything about him?
>> Reg Perks was a successful fast-medium bowler for Worcs from
>> before WW2 to 1955. I saw him a couple of times, but don't recall much
>> about him from that. He took 100 wickets per season year, in year out,
>> and got called up for a couple of Tests, with decent results, but by
>> the end of the war he was a veteran and no longer in contention. By
>> the early '60s, he would have been 50 or so, so "distinguished looking
>> older gentleman" would be about right.
>>
>> --
>> Andy Walker, Nottingham.
>> Andy's music pages: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music
>> Composer of the day: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music/Composers/Mayer
>
> Reginald Thomas David Perks
> BORN October 04, 1911, Hereford
> DIED November 22, 1977, Worcester, (aged 66y 49d)
>
> FORMAT Mat Wkt Ave Econ
> Test 2 11 32.27 3.42
>
> FC 595 2233 24.07 2.77
> https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/reg-perks-18504
>
> RH
>

Thanks, Robert. The reason I couldn't find him was because I had Tom
Perks in my head. So he was only 50-ish in the early sixties, he really
did look quite a bit older. I remember him being interviewed by Peter
West later in the sixties when the touring overseas test team were
playing at Worcester. They always used to play the first match of the
tour at New Rd, don't know if they still do.

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by: Robert Henderson - Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:57 UTC

On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 5:45:04 PM UTC+1, Farmer Giles wrote:
> On 20/09/2022 17:15, Robert Henderson wrote:
> > On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 4:17:31 PM UTC+1, Andy Walker wrote:
> >> On 20/09/2022 16:01, Farmer Giles wrote:
> >>> I was an apprentice in the early 1960s at a company in Worcester. A
> >>> salesman/rep at the company was a distinguished looking older
> >>> gentleman who people told me was a retired Worcs cricketer. His name,
> >>> IIRC, was Tom Perks - does anyone here know anything about him?
> >> Reg Perks was a successful fast-medium bowler for Worcs from
> >> before WW2 to 1955. I saw him a couple of times, but don't recall much
> >> about him from that. He took 100 wickets per season year, in year out,
> >> and got called up for a couple of Tests, with decent results, but by
> >> the end of the war he was a veteran and no longer in contention. By
> >> the early '60s, he would have been 50 or so, so "distinguished looking
> >> older gentleman" would be about right.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andy Walker, Nottingham.
> >> Andy's music pages: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music
> >> Composer of the day: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music/Composers/Mayer
> >
> > Reginald Thomas David Perks
> > BORN October 04, 1911, Hereford
> > DIED November 22, 1977, Worcester, (aged 66y 49d)
> >
> > FORMAT Mat Wkt Ave Econ
> > Test 2 11 32.27 3.42
> >
> > FC 595 2233 24.07 2.77
> > https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/reg-perks-18504
> >
> > RH
> >
> Thanks, Robert. The reason I couldn't find him was because I had Tom
> Perks in my head. So he was only 50-ish in the early sixties, he really
> did look quite a bit older. I remember him being interviewed by Peter
> West later in the sixties when the touring overseas test team were
> playing at Worcester. They always used to play the first match of the
> tour at New Rd,

Correct., RH

don't know if they still do.

No. In fact the days of counties playing against touring sides is almost dead. RH

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