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The Club is very sad to learn of the passing of Bob Miell. NMCC member for over 50 years, Bob served the Club as player, coach, Colts manager, Treasurer, and umpire. He was also a respected umpire on the Southern Premier League circuit for many years, having been an early recruit to the South Coast Panel of Umpires. In a long-playing career, Bob enjoyed the wide range of cricket available in his day – Saturdays, Sundays, Southampton Evening League, mid-week friendlies against visiting touring sides. An opening batsman he was always looking to take on opposing ‘quicks’, occasionally to his cost – one ill judged hook shot resulted in a visit to A&E to treat a fractured jaw. A very competent wicketkeeper, he was also a source of good advice for his captains, particularly on the need for bowling changes! As his playing career wound down Bob took on the role of Colts organiser and coach, supervising the development of a number of players who would represent the Club in subsequent years. Chairman Steve Taylor says ‘ Running Colts sections in those days when youth cricket was less structured than it is now, could be a lonely business, but Bob just got on with it for the benefit of my generation of young players ‘ For this and his many other contributions Bob received New Milton Clubman of the Year award in 1979. As an umpire, and an early official of the South Coast Panel, Bob’s unassuming ways made him a popular visitor to Southern League Clubs. Jeff Levick, Chairman of the Hampshire Association of Cricket Officials, recalls Bob as ‘A quiet, efficient colleague on the field, with an innate sense of fairness and respect for players’. Although cricket was probably Bob’s first sporting love, his interests extended more widely. A lifelong Saints fan, he also served as an official of Bournemouth ‘Poppies’ FC for some years. In recent times he enjoyed his visits to Fernhill to watch the new generation of players and to chat to old friends about the way the game had developed over the years. Following the death of his wife Violet last year, Bob left his Barton on Sea home of many years, to live with his daughter. He will be greatly missed by all those who knew him. The thoughts and sympathies of the Club are with Bob’s family.

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