The Fermor XI Cricket Team has always held a fascination
for me, although I only ever remember being present at one game in 1946 at Ulcombe when my father, Leonard Fermor, was in
the team.
From a family historian's point of view, photographs of the
Fermor XI teams of 1908, 1946, 1962 and 1964 literally provide snapshots in time, which show us not only the players themselves,
but suggest that further research would give an insight into a family's social history spanning more than fifty years.
During those years there were many changes, at local, national
and global level which affected the lives of the Fermor XI in the small farming community of Ulcombe in the Weald of Kent.
Once again, we are indebted to Uncle Laurence, the late Laurence Beversham Fermor, who spent a life-time researching
our family history.
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I have written two booklets about the
Fermor XI:
Over Half a Century of Fermor
Family Cricket: Part 1 - 1908
Over Half a Century of
Fermor Family Cricket: Part 2 - 1946
Each contains 17 photographs and 'sets
out to record a little of our Fermor family history for posterity which might otherwise be lost'.
Have you found the Fermor XI on YouTube?
