News Letter 10 Final.pub (Read-Only) - The Binns Family

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#%)%$Your editor makes no claims to sporting fame but was pleased to hear of theprogress of Simon Binns on the Rugby field. His grandmother Lilian Vere talkedproudly of him when I visited her in York during the summer. Since then I’velearned a little about some other Binns’ and their sporting exploits.For instance…………….I’m happy to report that V. Binns was the joint winner, with S. Gomer of the HoweTrophy, a silver plated cup presented to the winners of the Exeter under 16 OpenJunior Girls Doubles Tournament. A previous winner was J. Jury and I believe that S.Gomer too was once a British hopeful. Alas, in spite of this early promise shown byV. Binns in 1979, there is no record of her winning the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon.*As you might expect the Binns family are represented on the cricket field. AlfredPhilip Binns appeared in 5 Test Matches for the West Indies. He was wicketkeeper and right-hand bat, born in Kingston Jamaica 24 July 1929. He played infive tests comprising eight innings, scored 66 runs and was not out once. Hemade his test debut against India at Port of Spain 21 st Jan 1953 and his last testmatch appearance was against New Zealand on 9 th Mar 1956 in Auckland.)%The Sport of Kings has also had some attention from our family. In the early decadesof the 20 th Century, horsesby the names of “Hunt Supper”, “Kings Letter”,and “Frequent” raced at various courses, including Lincoln, Newcastle, Liverpool,and York, in the colours of Mr. E. Binns .+% !"At about the same time H. W. Binns and M. A. Binns were distinguishing themselvesin the swimming pool, as representatives of the “Otters”, a London basedclub, in both individual and team events.$#$Meanwhile, at Harrow, L.F. Binns was playing football and cricket for the School. !!
*% #We have our very own former World Champion in the form ofArnold Binns (b. 1884) who came from Hebden Bridge. InJune 1930, he skated non-stop for 40 hours 13 minutes atBurnley – a world endurance record and in July the sameyear, he skated 912½ miles from John O'Groats to Land'sEnd. Some months later, he skated for 61 hours 18 minutes atPreston – living on tripe, eggs, milk and Horlicks. In 1933, heskated for 177 hours 13 minutes only to break this record by 2hours in a session at Batley. Arnold looks dressed more appropriatelyfor golf rather than skating. Perhaps he was hoping,in his spare time, to compete for The Binns Cup, a trophypresented to the winner of the Denbigh County Golf Championship.,%-Bill Mirfield has very kindly passed on this information that he discoveredwhile visiting Kangaroo Valley, in the Southern Highlandsof New South Wales.Bill noticed two photographs inthe Historical Museum. What particularlyinterested Bill was that thepictures were of Christopher JohnBinns and his son Richard.Enquiries revealed that Christopherand a man named Huxleyhad settled on a farm in KangarooValley some time before 1860,after which Christopher sold hisland and became a builder. In1869 he secured the contract tobuild the first school in KangarooValley at a cost of £212. In May,the same year, he informed thecouncil that he would not be ableto finish on schedule due to problemswith materials and then inOctober he had a severe fall whichlaid him up for a month. Theschool finally opened in 1871, initiallywith eight pupils but after onlythree weeks numbers had swollento twenty-seven.In 1872 the first School Board waselected and included among thefive members was Richard Binns,the eldest son of Christopher whofarmed close by at Beaumontwhere he raised a large family. Allhis children were baptized at theChurch of The Good Shepherd,which was Church of England.Included in the subscribers towardthe building of the church hadbeen Mr. Binns, R. H. Binns, andW. Binns.The Descendants Book for thechurch contains the signatures ofKennith Binns, a great greatgrandson of Christopher Binns andof Ian Binns, a great grandson ofChristopher Snowden Binns.Bill was touched to learn that thelady who looks after the HistoricalSociety in Kangaroo Valley wasborn on the farm that ChristopherBinns bought in the mid-nineteenthcentury.The appearance of the nameSnowden in this story may indicatea Cowling origin for some of thesepeople. !!
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