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Farewell to a top cricketer
Madam, Ilkeston lost one of its great cricketing characters of the 1950s and 60s last week, Butch Castle.
I can see him now, all 5ft 4inches of him, tearing in off his 25-yard run, grinning away, hair all over the place, fag in one hand still lit, ball in the other.
Butch sort of scuttled in, but if a batsman had a high back lift your pegs were demolished before you could move.
He was a very underrated fast bowler, with a heart as big as they come.
I think all local cricketers of that era would like to say cheerio to Butch – they don't make them like him anymore.
Danny Corns
Trowell Grove
Trowell
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