RICHARD CLARKE, AKA The Grumbler | The ‘Manchester City of cricket’ are a class act off the field too

Last time I was at The Oval, it happened three times. It was quite out of the blue, entirely un-British and yet refreshingly pleasant.
Club staff bade me an unsolicited hello as I walked by. The first two were from stewards, so it was only after a third greeting from Steve Elworthy, former South African pace bowler and current Surrey CEO, that I twigged it. My Essex hat. I have worn it all over the county circuit in the last few years and have never received so many active greetings from pe...