Tag Archives: Michael Carberry

Thornton Heath’s Carberry bats his way back after cancer

Posted on March 29, 2017 by insidecroydon

Michael Carberry, the Thornton Heath-born Test batsman, could be about to make a comeback in county cricket this summer, less than a year after undergoing urgent surgery to remove a cancerous tumour. Carberry, 36, who started his career at The … Continue reading →

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Ashes call-up has Thornton Heath’s Carberry on right track

Posted on September 23, 2013 by insidecroydon

England batsmen on this winter’s Ashes cricket tour to Australia had better take their quick singles very quickly, as the inclusion in the 17-man squad of Thornton Heath-born Michael Carberry is certain to put some speed into their running between … Continue reading →

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David Lomas: a Croydon “gadfly” who did much for local kids

Posted on August 8, 2011 by insidecroydon

ANDREW PELLING joins the tributes from football and cricket to a hard-working Croydon volunteer Croydon has said goodbye to a notable character, eccentric and former teacher at a funeral service festooned with cricket and Football  Association blazers and the white … Continue reading →

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