> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://cricketyorkshire.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Iggy’s Fund: Remembering a gentle giant and apple crumble - URL: https://cricketyorkshire.com/iggys-fund/ - Published: 2025-04-14T08:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-28T14:57:21.000Z - Author: John Fuller - Tags: Club Cricket, #Migrated-1779979794393, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-05-28 14:51 I spotted a **[LinkedIn post](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-igglesden-b80479104/?originalSubdomain=uk&ref=cricketyorkshire.com)** and it gave me pause to smile, think of a friend who is no longer with us, his wonderful family and the legacy he has left behind. It also prompted fond flashbacks of apple crumble but we’ll come to that. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/73/ee73d104-a6c6-4e5c-a4b8-854785d36d20/content/images/2026/05/nearly_iggy-cy.jpg) Alan Igglesden (above right), known to everyone as Iggy, played for Kent and England. He represented his country in three Tests, four ODIs and finished his career with 503 first-class wickets, topped up with 190 dismissals in List A cricket. To condense Iggy’s cricketing accomplishments into a flurry of stats, perhaps held together with sticking plaster and a fog of deep heat, would be to miss his wicked sense of humour, sweet tooth and abundant kindness. Having been diagnosed with a brain tumour many years ago, he died on 1 November 2021, aged 57, and is still missed by all those whose lives he touched. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/73/ee73d104-a6c6-4e5c-a4b8-854785d36d20/content/images/2026/05/iggys-fund.jpg) **Iggy’s Fund** Last year, Kevin, Iggy’s brother, messaged me to ask if I’d do an article on **[Iggy’s Fund](https://www.iggysfund.com/?ref=cricketyorkshire.com)**, the charity set up to support young sports stars, increase participation in community sports events, support those suffering from brain tumours and provide funds to aid research. Kev said: “As Alan was my best mate and hero, I’m determined to carry on working hard to continue the legacy left by Alan to help find a cure for this horrible disease and support young people who may turn into the next international sports person.” In 2024, the charity is only a year old but has already donated £20,000 to a brain tumour research programme as well as supporting grassroots cricket in the form of sponsorship of Bingley Congs juniors; the West Yorkshire club where Iggy played and for a short time, I turned out alongside him. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/73/ee73d104-a6c6-4e5c-a4b8-854785d36d20/content/images/2026/05/iggy-congs-match-squads.jpg) There are a few **[charity cricket matches](https://www.iggysfund.com/event-home?ref=cricketyorkshire.com)** planned this season along with the annual golf day that has been running for years. During his life, Iggy did tremendous fundraising with £300,000 raised for Brain Tumour Charity and £25,000 for the Professional Cricketers’ Trust. The annual match at Bingley Congs Cricket Club will likely be in September again, I took this in 2021 and try to go every year. If you want to do your own charity event in aid of Iggy’s Fund, I know it would mean a lot and go to a truly fantastic cause. March is Brain Tumour Awareness Month and in 2024, Iggy’s dad Trevor was one of 34 people invited to Parliament Square in London to hold a photo of a lost loved one. The significance of 34 is how many are diagnosed with a brain tumour every day in the UK. You remember I mentioned apple crumble? Well, Iggy, his wife Liz and daughter Beth came round to our flat in 2020 for a meal. There was laughter and my wife’s apple crumble went down very well with Iggy. Definitely seconds and probably thirds. He was a tall man and had an impressive appetite. I remember it fondly for many reasons, not least because it was our last social contact with anyone for a long, long time due to the outbreak of Covid-19. The following 18 months would change us all but Iggy's spirit and impact lives on. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ee/73/ee73d104-a6c6-4e5c-a4b8-854785d36d20/content/images/2026/05/iggy-cy.jpg) **Support Iggy's Fund This Year** To do your own fundraiser or to donate, visit **[iggysfund.com](https://www.iggysfund.com/?ref=cricketyorkshire.com)**. You can follow **[@IggysFUNd](https://twitter.com/IggysFUNd?ref=cricketyorkshire.com)** on Twitter or **[Iggy’s Fund on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/iggysfund/)**. To learn more about Iggy, you can read my article about interviewing him for *The Cricketer* which is how I first met him and **[playing cricket with Iggy at Bingley Congs](https://cricketyorkshire.com/alan-igglesden/)**.