Posted by Peter Davies
Thursday 22 April
A Dewsbury Matters monthly meeting, staged in the wonderful surroundings of Dewsbury Minster. My brief: Cricket in Dewsbury. Talked about the project and discovered that out of 25 DM regulars in attendance at least two-thirds had cricket connections - son played for Hanging Heaton, husband watches cricket at his local club etc. 'Mr Dewsbury Cricket' Maurice Pollard was also present. He was involved in the old Dewsbury & Savile club and then helped to form Dewsbury CC. Now, after the 1989 Dewsbury/Hopton Mills merger, he supports HM in the CYL. His association with the Savile Ground goes back to 1941. Wow. And he still walks round it each day out of nostalgia.
Then on to Dewsbury cricket. Got everyone working - picking out themes in some old photos of the Savile Ground (the main conclusion was that the women wore splendid hats in those days!) and then a picture quiz based around team photos eg. name the decade the photo was taken in. The winning team scored 4/10. Harder than it looked. All in all a very good evening.
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