New pastures

Posted by Brian Sanderson,

Sunny morning and set off to see the second day of the Yorkshire Seconds match.Warwickshire openers were batting and I was watching with Andy.When we were surprised to see Bob Procter arriving for two days running.Next to arrive was Peter Mann. He had been at Old Trafford on Monday and Todmorden on Tuesday.

Warwickshire lost four wickets for one hundred and five before a stand was put together.This was between Keith Barker and Staffen Piolet.Two contrasting backgrounds. Barker was a ex-footballer born in Manchester and Piolet was born in Surrey.When I left at four o,clock the side had reached three hundred with Barker getting his century.Over all the Yorkshire bowling was poor with the occasional good ball.

I traveled over to Harrogate to join Ron Deaton on our trip to the Dales. The first match was at Wigglesworth which is west of Skipton in Ribblesdale.Rathmell were playing Airton Bell Ringers.The ground is situated in a farm overlooked by a large house.They had played their for about ten years.Airton batted first as only six players had arrived at the start of the match.Wickets fell consistently with some good catches.

Moving on to Malham who were playing Cracoe again.My favorite umpire was there with pads on to protect him from the ball. Malham ground has only been used this year as they had moved to the next field. The field is on the right hand side going into Malham.The field was full of buttercups.Malham reached one hundred twenty -one in the twenty overs.
Cracoe were the stronger side with all of their side in whites.They won the match with an over to spare.

Another enjoyable evening in the Dales with excellent weather.