15 dropped catches in one innings.

Posted by Brian Sanderson,

On Sunday Peter rang up to see if he could join me to a match.His voice was going as he had been watching Burley win in the cold wind.We set off to Lancashire to see Milnrow v Rochdale in the Central Lancashire Cricket League.
Milnrow was established in 1857 and the ground is called Ladyhouse.Famous cricketers included two Australian players George Tribe and Cec Pepper.Whilst watching the video on Ted Lester he mention that Pepper had hit a ball over the houses to Trafalgar Square at Scarborough.
Milnrow had the best start to the season for 15 years.It is a large playing area with new tea pavilion and new club house.A part of the land had been sold off to pay for the improvements.There professional was Kuldeep Diwan and oversea amateur Vikas Tokas both from India.The captain is Paul Winrow who played for Golcar in the Huddersfield League.

Rochdale professional was Craig Spearman the New Zealand international. He had been playing for Gloucestershire.

The weather was cloudy and cold wind so we decided to watch the match behind glass in the tea-room in the warmth.Sat down next to the reporter from the Rochdale Observer who was covering the match so we got to know the players. There was no programmes.

Rochdale batted first and started well. The opening bowler for Milnrow pulled up injured without bowling a ball.Soon Spearman arrived and started to take the bowling apart and was dropped when he was 7.Conversation in the room came round to the second team match yesterday were one player hit 9 sixes in his century.

Spearman scored a century and Rochdale reached 312 for 8.

Milnrow lost two wicket quickly and soon dropped behind the rate.The Milnrow professional was soon out.He came to sit in the tearoom.He stated he had played two season in the Birmingham League and in Eastbourne.He had just arrived in the country on Friday with temperature of 41 degrees Centigrade in Delhi and said it was so cold he could not spin the ball. His figures were 17 overs for over 100 runs for 2 wickets.He told that there were fifteen catches dropped whilst Milnrow were bowling.Is this a record?

Milnrow reached 160 with a help of ninth wicket partnership of over 60 runs.

Keep hoping it will get warmer.