Posted by Tony Hutton
Just reading about John Winn's visit to New Farnley yesterday prompted me to find the result which was in fact an easy win for Townville who dismissed the home side for 175 in 35.3 overs.
This game was an ECB National Club Knock out first round match brought forward two weeks because of the involvement of both clubs in the Heavy Woollen Cup on 8th May.
The most interesting fact arising was that Townville skipper Tim Walton scored 108 thus adding to his total of 293 runs in his previous three games this season (as revealed by the Yorkshire Post). Walton of course played county cricket for Northants and Essex and indeed for England Under 19s.
Which brings me on to another England Under 19 player of more recent vintage, Azeem Rafiq, who has been released on loan by Yorkshire to Derbyshire. His progress with Yorkshire has not been up to expectations and he faces competition not only from Adil Rashid and David Wainwright, but also the up and coming Randhawa.
Just a few more interesting items from this weekend's cricket. I managed to see a debut century by Kevin Bennett for Kirkstall Educational against Otley on Saturday in the Aire/Wharfe league. Further research showed that he has scored first class hundreds for Western Province and has a twin brother who has also played first class cricket in South Africa.
Further woes were added to Yorkshire's unhappy week, when the Academy side were heavily defeated at Scarborough on Saturday by ten wickets, both home openers, Simpson and Harland, scored not out centuries.
The most upsetting result came from the Huddersfield League, where Skelmanthorpe's game with Marsden was abandoned after only 21 overs, due to abuse of the umpires by Marsden and the points were awarded to Skelmanthorpe. What is the game coming to ?
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