Delph drizzle

Posted by Peter Davies

A fleeting visit to Delph and Dobcross on the way back from an Oldham tour (Crompton and Austerlands). My Dad stops at D&D for a few overs when he's crossing the Pennines by car and there's a game on...so it's one of his favourite local grounds. Holmfirth were the visitors and had scored 231 for 9 in their overs. But Delph were easing to victory with few alarms. As we circled the ground we could spot HCC stalwarts Bruce Jakeman and David Whiteley in earnest conversation - the tall and the short of it, with the latter towering over the former by at least a foot. I've been to D&D several times but I don't know it that well as a club or a ground because it's just outside our project area. As a big Lancashire fan I'm always impressed by their Red Rose connections - with Kyle Hogg a regular in their side. And many other Lancashire and ex-Lancashire players have turned out for them too. We arrived at the same time as a rain shower and the players came off fairly adroitly. To be honest, though, it was only a bit of drizzle and I thought Premiership players would have been made of sterner stuff! But off they went for a short time. I went in search of refreshments but there were none to be had in the clubhouse or tea room (hard to avoid this particular facility with TEA ROOM painted on its roof in very large letters!).