Over the years we have had a fantastic selection of guest speaks from former players, renowned authors and television presenters to groundspeople and bat makers.

2024/25   

• Thursday 26 September 2024: Mark Ramprakash, former England, Surrey & Middlesex batter
• Thursday 24 October 2024: Ben Bloom, author of “Batting for Time: The Fight to Keep English Cricket Alive”
• Thursday 28 November 2024: Simon Lister, author of “Worrell: The Brief but Brilliant Life of a Caribbean Cricket Pioneer”
• Thursday 27 February 2025: Jeremy Lonsdale, author of “An Unusual Celebrity: The Many Cricketing Lives of Bill Bowes”
• Thursday 27 March 2025: Graham Gooch, former England & Essex captain
• Thursday 24 April 2025: Dean Wilson, journalist and cricket writer

2023/24   

• Thursday 28 September 2024: Dennis Amiss, former England & Warwickshire batter
• Thursday 26 October 2023: Stuart Kerrison, Essex CCC Head Groundsman
• Thursday 30 November 2023: Annie Chave, editor of County Cricket Matters
• Thursday 26 March 2024: Chris Old, former England, Yorkshire & Warwickshire bowler
• Thursday 25 April 2024: Jonathan Campion, author of “Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team’s Last Stand on the Front Lines of War”

2022/23   

• Thursday 22 September 2022: Dean Headley, former England, Kent & Middlesex bowler
• Thursday 20 October 2020: Peter Baxter, former producer of BBC Test Match Special
• Thursday 24 November 2022: Ashley Giles, former England & Warwickshire bowler
• Monday 20 February 2023: Angus Fraser, former England & Middlesex bowler
• Thursday 23 March 2023: James Coyne & Tim Abraham, authors of “Evita Burned Down Our Pavilion: A Cricket Odyssey Through Latin America”
• Thursday 20 April 2023: Ray East, former Essex bowler

2021/22

No events held due to Covid

2020/21

No events held due to Covid

2019/20

• Thursday 26 September 2019: Nathan Leamon, performance analyst with the England cricket team
• Thursday 24 October 2019: Mike Brearley, former England & Middlesex captain
• Thursday 27 February 2020: George Dobell, cricket writer.
• Thursday 26 March 2020: Colin Shindler, event cancelled due to Covid
• Friday 24 April 2020: Mike Gatting, event cancelled due to Covid

2018/19

• 27 September 2018: Graham Napier, former Essex all-rounder
• 25 October 2018: Devon Malcolm, former England, Derbyshire & Northamptonshire bowler.
• 29 February 2018: Derek Pringle, former England & Essex all-rounder
• 28 March 2019: Charles Barr, academic
• 2 May 2019; Pat Murphy, sports reporter & writer

2017/18

• 28 September 2017: Andrew Dawson, radio presenter
• 26 October 2017: Chris Lewis, former England, Leicestershire & Surrey all-rounder
• 8 November 2017: Emma John, author of “Following On: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession & Terrible Cricket”
• 22 February 2018: Colin Babb, author of “They Gave the Crowd Plenty Fun”
• 22 March 2018: Alan Butcher, former England, Surrey & Glamorgan batter.
• 26 April 2018: Patrick Ferriday & James Mettyear, cricket writers

2016/17

• 14 September 2016: Neil Robinson, Head of Archives at MCC
• 27 October 2016: Phil DeFreitas, former England, Leicestershire & Lancashire all-rounder
• 14 November 2016: Brian Scovell, cricket writer & journalist
• 27 February 2017: Robert James, cricket bat maker
• 23 March 2017: Donovan Blake, ITV Anglia Sport Reporter
• 24 April 2017: Robin Hobbs, former England, Essex & Glamorgan leg-spinner

2015/16

• 24 September 2015: Don Topley, former Essex bowler
• 14 October 2015: Dan Waddell, author of “Field of Shadows”
• 4 November 2015: Grahame Lloyd, cricket writer, with Malcom Nash, former Glamorgan bowler.
• 11 February 2016: Simon Lister, author of “Fire in Babylon”
• 16 March 2016: Keir Hounsome, author of “A Game Well Played”
• 14 April 2016: Justin Parkinson, author of “The Strange Death of English Leg Spin”

2014/15

• 25 September 2014: Trevor Ward, former Leicestershire, Kent & Norfolk batter
• 23 October 2014: Grahame Lloyd, cricket writer, with John Parkin, former Nottinghamshire batter
• 27 November 2014: Mike Selvey, former England, Middlesex & Glamorgan bowler
• 12 February 2015: Richard Ellis, former Middlesex & Gloucestershire batter
• 12 March 2015: Scott Reeves, author of “The Champion Band: The First English Cricket Tour”
• 9 April 2015: Chris Brown, Norfolk captain

2013/14

• 26 September 2013: David Wolstenholme, cricket bat maker
• 24 October 2013: Bill Furmedge, owner of WisdenWorld
• 13 February 2014: Kevin Piper, former ITV Anglia Sports Reporter
• 13 March 2014: Peter Baxter, former producer of BBC Test Match Special
• 10 April 2014: Julian Dismore, film maker

2012/13

• 25 October 2012: Bob Cattell, author of the “Glory Gardens” series of cricket books
• 22 November 2012: Jason Gallian, former England, Lancashire & Essex batter
• 6 February 2013: David Wild, former Norfolk player & Chairman
• 14 March 2013: Nick Bowler, BBC Radio Norfolk Sports Reporter
• 11 April 2013: Richard Sims, Zimbabwean cricketer

2011/12

• 27 October 2011: Chris Lakey, EDP Sports Reporter
• 24 November 2011: Mike Davage, author of “Knights in White, Major Men and Preachers and Teachers: The Definitive Who’s Who of Norfolk CCC 1876-2011
• 9 February 2012: Stephen Musk, cricket historian & writer
• 8 March 2012: Eddie Hemmings, Former England & Nottinghamshire Off Spinner
• 12 April 2012: Charlotte Edwards, England Women’s Cricket Captain