I was there on the Saturday. Ken Suttle (see above!) had his jaw broken by Charlie Griffiths, I recall (maybe wrongly). My goodness that was a great day for an 11 year old lad. Snowy was a terrific bowler (when in the mood) and a heck of a character. We are talking boyhood hero stuff.
I was friendly with Ken's son, Chris for a while. He didn't like cricket. His dad had a big painting of himself in his MCC colours in his hall if I remember rightly. Can't remember the address - just that it was somewhere quite posh in Goring. Ken used to contribute to the Worthing Herald with...
Very nice and evocative piece - especially to those of us of a certain age. Thank you. (But did you 'do the double' and watch Sussex CCC in the summers?)