AMISS HONOURED WITH PLACE IN WALK OF STARS Dennis Amiss’ outstanding contribution to cricket for more than half a century has been recognised with a place in Birmingham’s Walk of Stars. The Walk of Stars on the pavement of Broad Street in Amiss’ home city honours people from the world of entertainment, sport, business and literary who have made a recognisable impact in their specialist category, and is either from Birmingham or the Midlands, or have prominent links within the area. Amiss was born and bred in Birmingham, made his second team debut for Warwickshire in 1958, his first team debut two years later and went on to score more than 43,000 runs, including 102 centuries, in 658 first-class matches before he retired in 1987. He played in 50 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for England between 1966 and 1977 and later served as an England selector. After he retired from playing, Amiss joined Warwickshire’s committee and continued to serve the club as chief executive from 1994 until he retired in 2005. He was then elected deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board until he retired in 2014. Amiss has joined the Walk of Stars along with Ann Haydon Jones, the Birmingham based Wimbledon tennis champion of 1969. Their stars are alongside those of other notable Brummies including Ozzy Osbourne, Jasper Carrott, Noddy Holder, Murray Walker, Julie Walters, Frank Skinner, Lenny Henry, Joan Armatrading, Chris Tarrant, Roy Wood, Trevor Francis, Ian Lavender and The Archers radio soap. ” It’s very special and obviously a great honour especially with Ann Haydon Jones being recognised too,” Amiss said. ” I was born and bred in Birmingham so it’s very nice to be recognised by the city. We have tried to keep the city on the map in sports circles, especially cricket, with performances on and off the field. ” I’m a proud Brummie. We love the city. Whenever we have moved house we have not moved very far . We have lived around Edgbaston most of our lives and we are still very close to the cricket ground. ” We absolutely love the city and with all the facilities they have developed over the years we are very proud of it.” There will be a celebration dinner at Edgbaston on February 11 hosted by Jasper Carrott and Gary Newbon to honour Amiss and Ann Jones. Ticket information is available from Lisa Smith on 07540 993564. {{ak_sharing}}
