CRICKET: Pathfinder Ken Timms dies



Published Date: 31 December 2008
POPULAR local bowler and cricketer Ken Timms died aged 75 on Christmas Eve.
Ken, who died three months after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, played cricket for Pathfinder from the 1950s until the 1980s, and was a successful bowler for Tarring Priory and West Sussex Tourists.

With Priory, Ken reached the Nation


al Fours quarter-finals, twice won the Sussex Fours title with Chris Rolph, Keith Renwick and Eric Farrell, and lifted numerous club titles.

West Sussex Bowls Touring Club president Cecil Wadey said: "Ken was a highly-respected member of West Sussex Bowls Touring Club.

"He worked tirelessly on behalf of the club and served on the committee for many years.

"He was our captain for two years in 1997 and 1998, and was elected president in 2002 and served in this office for the next three years.

"He also toured on 18 occasions on behalf of the club.

"Ken was an excellent member and will be sorely missed.

"As president, I would like to pass on the club's deep-felt sympathies to his wife, Joan, and his family."

Ken was also a member of Sussex County Cricket Club, and regularly went to games with his wife, Joan, whom he met through cricket as Joan's brother, Brian Dumigan, also played for Pathfinder.

His sons, Ian and Paul, both play cricket for Worthing Foresters, along with Ken's grandsons, Ben and Joe.

The funeral will take place on January 16 at Worthing Crematorium at 2.20pm. All donations to go to the Sussex Young Cricketers Educational Trust, which helps youth development.

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