Sunny Weekend.

Second weekend of cricket with the sun shining.

On Saturday the first match was Leeds and Bradford U niverssity against Loughborough.
One of the first person I saw wandering about was Graham Dilley who is the coach of Loughborough.The first ball was a wide which started the extra column which was to become the highest scorer for Leeds.

However the major match I was going to was Pudsey St. Lawrence against Wrenthorpe.
It is always a nice view of the Church.As it happens a Vicar sat next to use after beening at a wedding and enjoying the sunshine.Bob Procter arrived with some World War 11 scorecards he had won on e-bay.We did a swop for those I had spare.

Pudsey St. Lawrence opening the batting and were one down when we arrived.They struggled against a good attack and got to 156 with still overs to spare in a 40 over match.Meet Rowland Parker who played with Horace Fisher during the War and at Holbeck.Also there was David Leatherdale father who also played at Holbeck.

Ron Stansfield won a the sweepstake on The Grand National.David Stiff opened the bowling for Pudsey and started also with a number of wides.His first over scored 19 and Woodlands were on their way to victory.Woodland are a excellent side produced by cash.

Called back at Weetwood and the match was over Leeds losing easily.Went across the road to New Rover were they were batting against Wakefield Thornes.It was a exciting finish with New Rover winning by one wicket with only a few balls spare.Nice finish to the day.

Sunday the sun was still shining and set off for Weetwood were Leeds were playing Loughoborough again but this time a two day match.The official umpire was Alex Wharfe ex Yorkshire, Glamorgan and England cricketer.

Loughoborugh batted first and struggled against the bowling with the ball swing.It would have been interesting if Dilley and Wharfe had bowled on the wicket.At lunchtime we moved up to Old Mod,s ground to watch the first Cup Final of the season.This was The Betty Chadderton Rose Bowl where St.Chads Broomfield were playing Shadwell. Both teams from the Wetherby League.

All the professional cricket watcher were there with Reg Parker entertaining us.
St Chads batted first with a very short boundary near the clubhouse.You had to be careful were you parked the car to stop the ball hitting it. I parked behind a tree and was not hit my the ball.One of the Limbecheya brother,s hit a excellent 50.He was only 18 and looked a good prospect.St Chads scored over 200 in forty overs.

However we had decided to go back to Weetwood to see the evening sesson.We called into New Rover who were playing Windhill. They had scored over 250 and were bowling to New Rover.Windhill would be to good for New Rover.

Brian Senior and Peter Mann were getting hungrey so we went back to Weetwood.Loughoborough were seven wickets down for about 170 in 65 overs. Slow going in helpful conditions.Patal for Loughborough came in at number 3 and scored a century.The innings finished about 5.45 and they scored just over 200 in 94 over about the same scored St Chads scored in 40.

Leeds lost a wicket near the end and will start to-morrow morning.A busy week of cricket at Weetwood and Headingley. The local leagues start on Saturday.Start planning the season ahead. Hope it keeps fine.