Long walk worth it for Takeley

TAKELEY cricketers have raised nearly £15,000 for St Clare Hospice by walking to Lord’s in memory of club stalwart Malcolm Brown.Malcolm’s son, Liam, first XI captain at the Essex outfit, organised the 48-mile trek in honour of his dad — who died aged 59 in 2018 — and was among the 20-strong group of club members to take part.Liam said: “I thought we were being ambitious setting the target so high but we reached over £10,000 really quickly and the figure has just been rising.“We wanted to raise funds for a memorial scorebox as d...

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