In the late 1970's through to the 1980s Mr Mrs John Hansford
had five sons all playing in local cricket at Burgess Hill. Four
of the boys - Julian, Robert, Alan and Adrian played County representative
cricket at school boy level and Alan went on to play for Sussex
CCC. The family timetable was only eased as the twins - Alan and
Adrian - played in the same match. For many years the family holiday
was taken watching the boys play.
Sussex has a long history of brothers playing cricket, indeed
the following come immediately to mind. ( Apologies to those forgotten).
| BUSS, MICHAEL BUSS, TONY |
GILLIGAN, A.E.R. GILLIGAN, HAROLD GILLIGAN, F.W. played for EssexCCC |
GREIG, IAN GRIEG, TONY |
| LANGRIDGE, JAMES LANGRIDGE, JOHN |
LILLYWHITE,JAMES LIILYWHITE, JOHN LILLYWHITE, FRED more famous as a cricket statistician and, of course, there was their famous cousin LILLYWHITE, JAMES |
LUCAS, C.J. LUCAS F.M. LUCAS, P |
| OAKES, CHARLIE OAKES,JACK |
WELLS, ALAN WELLS, COLIN |
| JOSEPH ADAMS U13 COUNTY SAM ADAMS U14 COUNTY |
HARRY BIRMINGHAM U15 COUNTY JACK BIRMINGHAM U12 DISTRICT |
ISAAC BURROWS U12 DISTRICT JOSHUA BURROWS UNDER 13 DISTRICT |
| EDWARD CLARK U12 DISTRICT JOSEPH CLARK U10 COUNTY |
MATTHEW CRUMP U11 DISTRICT THOMAS CRUMP UNDER 11 DISTRICT |
JOE GATTING U12 COUNTY OLIVER GATTING U10 COUNTY |
| RORY MCCANN U15 COUNTY TODD MCCANN U12 COUNTY |
ANDREW MORGAN U12 DISTRICT PETER MORGAN U 14 COUNTY |
EDWARD MURRILLS U12 COUNTY WILIAM MURRILLS U13 COUNTY |
| BEN NEWSOME U13 DISTRICT JOEL NEWSOME U11 COUNTY |
ADRIAN THRORNELY U10 COUNTY MICHAEL THORNELY U12 COUNTY |
LUKE TOMSETT U11 COUNTY MARK TOMSETT U13 COUNTY |
| EDWARD TOWNER U11 DISTRICT PETER TOWNER U15 COUNTY |
JAMES WALKER U13 COUNTY WILLIAM WALKER U10 COUNTY |
ROBERT WILLIAMSON U13 DISTRICT THOMAS WILLIAMSON U11 DISTRICT |