Shropshire Star

Bench unveiled to remember Shropshire sporting stalwart

Players at a Shropshire cricket club gathered on Saturday to remember a former captain and one of the county's leading sportsmen as a specially commissioned bench was installed in his memory.

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Ahead of their last game of the season on Saturday, players and supporters of Much Wenlock Cricket Club revealed the bench at Linden Field in memory of former player Steve Perks.

Mr Perks died in 2021 at the age of 58, but had been a leading sportsman in the county.

He was born in Much Wenlock in 1963 and was not only was a member of the cricket club for 30 years, but was also one of Shrewsbury Town’s finest goalkeepers, representing the club 292 times between 1982 and 1992.