Cricketer Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff greeted fans and signed autographs at a charity race day.

More than 3,000 people came to see the England and Lancashire cricketer at yesterday's event at Fontwell Park racecourse, near Arundel.

The day raised money for the Ben Hollioake Chase Fund, set up in memory of the 24-year-old England cricketer who was killed in a car crash in Australia in March 2002.

Freddie signed shirts and cricket bats for fans and hosted a hospitality box of supporters who had donated money to the charity to spend the day with him.

A raffle of prizes, including England shirts and bats, bottles of rum and books about the Ashes, raised about £2,500 for the fund.