THE South Africans brought a strong team over in 1965 and started their tour against Derbyshire at Chesterfield.

I've always been proud of the fact that we beat them by seven wickets, even though some of the papers didn't give us credit because they said the South Africans weren't properly prepared for the first match of the tour, but the match will always be remembered for the wrong reasons.

Eddie Barlow opened the batting for South Africa when they batted first and made 50 but we bowled them out for 149.

I was very pleased to bowl the great Graeme Pollock with one that left him a bit off the wicket and clipped the top of off stump and I finished with 2-32.

We made 143 but the trouble started early in their second innings.

Harold Rhodes, who had already played two Test matches for England by then and was top of the national averages, opened the bowling for us and he was halfway through his first over when the umpire at square leg, Syd Buller, called a no-ball because he said Harold was throwing.

Derek Morgan, our captain, had a conversation with Buller and there was a right carry-on with the crowd when they realised what was happening. The police had to be called to make sure Buller got off the ground safely at tea.

Poor Harold had to come off after that one over and he was devastated.

It was all very unfair because Harold didn't throw. His action was cleared some time later by the MCC but the damage was done.

He did finish top of the national averages that season, with 119 wickets, and I was second with 120 but that day against South Africa plainly didn't do his chances of being selected for England any good and he was never to play for them again.

After all those problems, we did well to bowl South Africa out for 119 in their second innings and I took 3-35. We got the runs we needed to win without any real problems.

Whether or not we got the credit we deserved, it was a good win but the memories of the match still leave a bitter taste.