In describing a match at New Rover in April 2009 Tony Hutton summed up perfectly the thoughts of the 'professional cricket watcher' at this time of year when he wrote 'The cricket itself does not really matter. The fact that it is taking place at all after a long hard winter brings a smile to the face of the few diehards who make up the small crowd.'
Two long hard winters have passed since then, that of 2010-11 harder and longer than most and so it is with more anticipation than usual that this particular enthusiast awaits the new season.The signs are there: this last week has been unseasonably warm,lawns have been mowed, the clocks have sprung forward, Wisden and Playfair are ordered and we can look forward to cricket where there are no drums, no maximums, no reviews of umpire decisions and no dancers celebrating an edged four.
Yesterday the YCC Supporters'Association held its spring lunch at Headingley. It was good to meet old friends who are equally excited about the new season and April 14th in particular when Yorkshire take on Durham at Headingley in the first home County Championship match of the season.
I am very grateful to Peter for allowing me the opportunity to contribute to this blog and I hope its followers will find something of interest in my season's wanderings.
John Winn
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About the project:
This blog was originated in 2008 as an offshoot of the separate website ‘The cricket history of Calderdale and Kirklees’ which covered in depth the histories of every league cricket club in these two areas of West Yorkshire. Unfortunately this site fell into disuse although there are now plans to reinstate it by the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation.
Meanwhile the blog has gone its own way and has expanded into a review of cricket at all levels throughout the north of England, both past and present. The three current bloggers are all Yorkshire based. Tony Hutton and John Winn are both members of Durham and Yorkshire county clubs and Brian Sanderson is an active member of the Yorkshire archives committee.
We have now recruited Lancashire based Mike Latham, well known in both cricket and rugby league circles, to provide an ever wider coverage of cricket from the north.
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