FIRST VISIT TO WEETWOOD

Posted by Brian Sanderson

Friday 9th April.

In the morning I went up to Morley to finish off the winter work for Yorkshire Cricket Archives.
Arrived home about 1.00pm and draged the folding chair out of its winter habitat and set off to Weetwood. The sun was shining and warm.Going up the drive to Weetwood I passed what I thought were Japanese students. However I found out later there was a Vietnamese boys and girls football finals.
The first I talked to was Ian from Lancaster who travels the North watching sport.He was just working out which football match he could watch on the way back home after the cricket.
Good to see him again.
The next person to arrive was Brian Senior who had been missing on Tuesday and Wednesday. He had been to Wetherby races on Tuesday and doing a Yorkshire cricket mailout on Wednesday.He was going to the bookies to bet on the Antree horse racing.
It turn out that it was lunch-time and Durham had batted 40 overs to score 175.Tony Hutton and David Thorpe were in The Stables pub so I joined them.David had very kindly brought a Lillywhite book showing a cricket club called Cuckoos based down South.This was interesting as I had purchased a scrapbook about Lockwood. He had played on 20 May 1871 in a match Cuckoos v Butterflies at Meltham.However I do not think it would be the same team.
Lunch was over and Yorkshire were batting.Root and Lees opened the batting. I was sat next to Root grand father who took him all over Yorkshire. He was hoping his grandson would pass his
Driving Test so he could have a lift instead.
Durham bowled well and one of the bowlers was N.Killeen step son. Half way through the innings John and Jenny arrived from the Supporters Lunch at Headingley. They mainly watch the Second Team and Academy all over England.
Yorkshire batted poorly and lost the match. They managed about 130 for 7. Found out that the same teams were playing at New Rover on Wednesday and Thursday.Hope the sun is still shining then.
Looking forward to going to New Rover to-morrow.