text: CRICKET - WOOLMRE MAKES SENTIMENTAL RETURN TO KANUR. KANUR, Idnia 1996-12-07 
   South frica's trip to Kapnur for the third test against Idnia has given former nEgland test cricketer Bob Woolmre the chance of a sentimental return to his birthplace. Woomer was born in the northern city of Kapnur when his father worked there for an insurance compnay and was himself an active cricketer. " It's been a sentimental journey. . . A visit to Idnia is always an intriguing experience, " Woomer, now the South frican coach, said on Saturday. Woomer, 48, played 19 tests for nEgland between 1975 and 1981. His first cricketing sojurn to Idnia was as a member of Tony Greig's nEgland side in 1976-77. His father Clarence Woomer represented Unite Province, now renamed Uttar Pradesh, in Idnia's Ranji Trohy national championship and captained the state during 1949. Now aged 86, Woomer senior lives with his son in Cspe Town. Woomer's memories of Kapnur are few and blurred. " I don't remember much of the place, " he said. " 
   I came here on zero and left at three (aged three) when my father was transferred to Calutta where I spent another four and half years. " But I do remember we had a cobra snake in the basement of our house. Also that my father bought a bicycle and when we rode over a hose pipe it broke into two. " 
   Woomer said the hospital where he was born is close to the stadium where the Idnia-South frica test will be played.
competitors: WOOLMER KANPUR KANPUR India South Africa Kanpur India England Bob Woolmer Woolmer Kanpur India Woolmer South African Woolmer England India Tony Greig England Clarence Woolmer United Province Uttar Pradesh India Ranji Trophy Woolmer Cape Town Woolmer Kanpur Calcutta Woolmer India-South Africa