Posted by Tony Hutton
The winter season of talks organised by the Cricket Research Centre at th University of Huddersfield begins next Thursday 28th October at 5.15 p.m. in Room JMG/01 at the University.
The speaker will be Andrew Hignell, scorer and archivist of Glamorgan county cricket club, who has visited Huddersfield on several occasions and is an excellent and very knowledgeable speaker, as well as a prolific author of cricket books. The main topic of his talk will be cricket in Cardiff in the late 19th century.
All are welcome to this free event.
Thursday 21 October 2010
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Northern Cricket Society
Posted by Tony Hutton
Tuesday 12th October 2010
The first meeting of the winter season took place in the Long Room at Headingley, once someone had managed to find the keys. Before the meeting all the members stood for a minutes silence in memory of John Ellison, a long standing and popular member of the Society, who died recently.
The annual general meeting re-elected all the existing officers for the coming year, with the proviso that the long serving secretary and treasurer, Harry Jackson and John Rex will be retiring at the end of the year. Any possible candidates will be welcomed with open arms and will hopefully receive 'on the job' training during the current session.
Our speaker's programme got off to an excellent start. The Reverend Canon Alan Haydock, who is a member of the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club committee, was an unknown quantity to most of his audience. However his very humorous talk ranging from his schooldays to his present position as Honarary Canon of Southwell Minster kept us all royally entertained. His stories took in experiences such as keeping wicket in league cricket and diocesan matches in the Church Times cup, working in some of the less salubrious areas of Nottinghamshire and his support of Notinghamshire county cricket and Notts County football club.
John Rex, in his excellent vote of thanks, revealed that Canon Haydock has over many years donated more then £50,000 to various church and sporting charities from his speaking fees.
The next meeting will be in the Headingley Long Room on Tuesday 2nd November at 7.45 p.m., when the speaker will be Ismail Dawood, former Yorkshire wicketkeeper and now hoping to become a first class umpire.
Tuesday 12th October 2010
The first meeting of the winter season took place in the Long Room at Headingley, once someone had managed to find the keys. Before the meeting all the members stood for a minutes silence in memory of John Ellison, a long standing and popular member of the Society, who died recently.
The annual general meeting re-elected all the existing officers for the coming year, with the proviso that the long serving secretary and treasurer, Harry Jackson and John Rex will be retiring at the end of the year. Any possible candidates will be welcomed with open arms and will hopefully receive 'on the job' training during the current session.
Our speaker's programme got off to an excellent start. The Reverend Canon Alan Haydock, who is a member of the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club committee, was an unknown quantity to most of his audience. However his very humorous talk ranging from his schooldays to his present position as Honarary Canon of Southwell Minster kept us all royally entertained. His stories took in experiences such as keeping wicket in league cricket and diocesan matches in the Church Times cup, working in some of the less salubrious areas of Nottinghamshire and his support of Notinghamshire county cricket and Notts County football club.
John Rex, in his excellent vote of thanks, revealed that Canon Haydock has over many years donated more then £50,000 to various church and sporting charities from his speaking fees.
The next meeting will be in the Headingley Long Room on Tuesday 2nd November at 7.45 p.m., when the speaker will be Ismail Dawood, former Yorkshire wicketkeeper and now hoping to become a first class umpire.
Sunday 10 October 2010
A sad farewell to the cricket season
Posted by Tony Hutton
Sunday 10th October 2010 - Arthington v Hawksworth
After both Arthington games last weekend had been cancelled due to the wet weather, they did manage to play in cold and chilly conditions yesterday on a very wet wicket.
However today's last match of the season against Hawksworth took place in bright sunshine for much of the day. The biggest suprise for the very healthy crowd was the presence of two Sky Sports vans, complete with huge dishes and a cameraman and presenter for Sky Sports News.
Obviously word had got around that this was probably the last cricket match to be played anywhere in England this season. However on talking to the cameraman he thought they might be inundated by e-mails from clubs who play even later tomorrow morning. We await developments with interest.
The game itself was nothing to write home about. Hawksworth started badly and were 33-4 at one stage, so Arthington decided to transfer their star guest of the day, Mark McEneaney the prolific Blubberhouses batsman, to the opposition. This proved a masterstroke in prolonging the game as he made a rapid 56, including several sixes, which brought a respectable all out score of 157.
Main interest centred around the Sky interviews with luminaries Reg Parker, Brian Senior and Stephen Bindman. We hope to eventually see repeats of this on Sky Sports News or to obtain a DVD of their coverage.
Arthington's run chase started well, with Geoff Barker looking in good form and likely to play a long innings. However the rot set in following some good fielding by Hawksworth and some direct hits for run outs. The target was never in danger and the last few overs of the season were very quiet indeed with few runs being scored and Arthington ended on 98-8.
So a sad end for the spectators as they said their goodbyes and a presentation to groundsman Brian Meredith for all his sterling work and it was all over.
The other very sad note was the news of the recent death of John Ellison, who together with his wife Jennifer, was a very good friend to most of the cricket watchers present today. They were both regulars at all Yorkshire Academy and Second XI matches and great cricket enthusiasts. John was a real gentleman and all cricket watchers will miss his cheerful presence next season.
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