He added: “I can’t promise anyone runs or wickets on the Sunday. However, I can promise that if we make it to the ground and I’m able to play at Lord’s, you will have helped make a young cricketer’s dream of playing for Blackheath in a national final at Lord’s come true.”
Melhuish, who has been on the membership since he was six, says whatever the consequence, “I’ll already have won when I marry Izzy”.
The pair deliberate the wedding for the Saturday after Blackheath’s native league fixtures completed for the season.
But they didn’t issue within the membership’s success within the Village Cup, a nationwide event performed on Sundays by native groups throughout the UK.
Melhuish stated if it was not for the one-hour flight, he would have to take a taxi at 05:00 as a substitute “which wouldn’t be much fun”.
On the fundraising web page, which acquired greater than £6,000, it stated there had been donations from membership members, sponsors, different native golf equipment, and groups that they had performed within the cup en route to the ultimate.
Any surplus funds might be donated to UK-based charity Kids for Kids, which helps kids in Darfur in Sudan.
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