ANOTHER THREE MATCHES IN A DAY

Posted by Brian Sanderson,

The sun was shining as I set off for Adel where their third team were playing Guiseley.
Guiseley won the toss and batted. I spoke to one of the Guiseley players who said there was a large damp patch at one end and could not understand why they batted.Also met John Ridgway who I went on tour to Corfu in the 1980,s. Guiseley struggled to 95 all out.

Moving on to Harewood where the John Dews Cup Final was being played. It was a twenty over match between Yorkshire Press and Cambridge Methodist.The passengers to-day were Peter Mann and Mick from Idle.Mick had not seen cricket on this ground before. When we arrived Yorkshire Press had scored 111.Cambridge Methodist seem to relay on a overseas batsman. As soon as he was caught on the boundary they were never going to win the match. With the help of two good catches Yorkshire Print won by twenty runs.

Moving on to Arthington the temperature was a lot colder and there was a cold wind.Arthington had scored 211 in their forty overs with the help of a batsman who played in the Huddersfield Central League.They were playing a side from the North-East who started well but Denis Nash ,the seventy year old opening bowler,obtain some good wickets.They asked for cold orange juice after twenty overs. It would have been better if it had been warm tea as the temperature was so cold.
We left at six o,clock when Arthington had got six wickets and were lending by one hundred runs with ten overs to go.

Nice to get home to get warm and eat my Yorkshire Pudding.