John Augustine Snow is a retired English international cricketer who played for Sussex from 1961 to 1977 and represented England in 49 Test matches. He was born in Peopleton, Worcestershire.
Later, spiritlike, While Father Time above the northern stand, Eyes the breeze, You move aside, And see a body flailing, Bowl a ball swinging, Along its way, batsman playing. From "Lord's Test", by John Snow.
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks. The club was founded in 1839 as a successor to the various Sussex county cricket teams, including the old Brighton Cricket Club, which had been representative of the county of Sussex as a whole since the 1720s. The club has always held first-class status. Sussex have competed in the County Championship since the official start of the competition in 1890 and have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.
Sussex field against Derbyshire at Hove on 24 April 2005
The Pavilion at Hove
Exit of the County Ground at Hove