Preparations for the Season

Posted by Brian Sanderson.
Two days to go to the first Championship match at Headingley.There are four books required before the season starts.
The first one purchased is a diary for 2010 to put the fixtures in.
Second book is Playfair Cricket Annual. This supplies details of first class players together with first class fixtures so this needs to be transfered to the diary. I purchased this book from Amazon for £3-50 plus free packing. The usual price is £ 6-99.
Third book is First -class Counties second Eleven 2010. This supplies information about all the second team players for 2009 and fixtures for 2010. This is purchased from the Assocation of Cricket Statisticians and Historians at Sleaford for £8 .This information required to the diary.
Fourth book is The Yorkshire Yearbook which is now included in your Yorkshire subsciption.
I went yesterday to pay for this subscripition after I had purchased a Leeds Card for myself and the wife. Brian Senior had mention that you could get 10% of your cost of subscription. So we went down to the old Central High School in Leeds to obtain the cards. On filling the form in it stated that a photograph was required. So off to Merrion Centre to pay £ 4 for the snaps.
Went back to the office and found out that they took photographs to attach to the cards. This cost us £ 4 .However I am still in front as I will receive a cheque from Yorkshire Cricket for £ 24 .
Went over to the Cricket ground and found Vivien and Geoff sorting out the books for the new season.Heard on the radio at 3.30 that Yorkshire had won there first match with Bairstow helping to win the match.
Geoff and Vivien had gone to Weetwood on Saturday to see a match however they played on Friday which I went to.
The sun is still shining and looking forward to New Rover Wednesday.