PHILIP Dickinson, the 17-year-old Egerton seam bowler, is to spend the winter playing cricket in Australia.
He is leaving the UK at the beginning of October for six months, during which time he will be playing for Gordon District Cricket Club in Sydney, which runs several teams at various grades.
Philip, who has played a dozen or so games for Egerton's First XI, is going at the invitation of Greenmount professional Egerton overseas amateur Mike O'Rourke whose home club is Gordon District.
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