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Ray East Essex Benefit Tie



Date:
1978
Object Number:
M.2016.10.1168
Creator
Neatwear (clothing manufacture)
Material
Crimplene, polyester
Object name
tie
Object category
clothing

Description

Navy blue. Motif: Repeating. White image of a man sitting on a beer barrel holding a mug of beer. Lining: Navy blue
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Ray East beer barrel tie. Remake in Navy and maroon, different label. Ray (unknown word) for riding a bike at Barton vs Derbyshire from 3rd man to 3rd man after over. (This not true, actually East told the story at an after dinner event “Ray asked the audience, who had heard the BLOWERS story about the bike. He said, Henry Blofeld got it wrong, it was NOT Ray East, if this comes up in a quiz, so you’ll know the truth. He told the story. A freezing cold day at Burton-on-Trent, 5 men and a dog watching the game. Brian TONKER Taylor is the Essex captain. Taylor, is sending a young fielder, doing the junior pro’s job, from long leg / third man to long leg / third man at the end of each over, this went on for about hour and a half. Then around the boundary comes someone on a bike, all the Essex team are laughing, except Taylor, the captain, who is going mad, shouting, WHAT IS HE DOING! the young fielders name, Keith Pont”
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Association:
Essex County Cricket Club 1978
Ray East