What the People Say

The first in a special weekly series of one, we ask local cricketing celebrities to recall their favourite ever cricket tea. Week one – Bill Atkinson

Bill Atkinson

Trigger fingered Bill is best known to local players as an umpire and has long been on the cricket circuit and sampled a tea or two in his time at the middle. In his prime, Bill’s finger was so fast he once gave a stumping before the ball had passed the batsman!

"I have had a few rank teas in my time I can tell you. Olton, Hampton, Warwick, Nuneaton, Bulkington, Bedworth, Wolvey, Ambleside, Courtaulds, Sterling Metals, Herberts, you name them, I’ve moaned about them! I don’t care much for the fare at Atherstone either what with their fancy ingredients like mayonnaise, tomato, and god forbid cucumber. I like simplicity. My favourite tea has to be one I made myself because I couldn’t stomach another tea like one I had at Griff. None of your foreign muck like lettuce or chutney – it was just a plain bread sandwich. Two bits of white bread with another slice between them – no spread – just simple as it should be. Mmm! ‘OWZAT? Perfect if you ask me!"