Posted by John Winn
Five weeks today is April 1st and the first class season will be two days old.League cricket will not follow until three weeks later, which seems rather a long gap but I am very reliably informed that for many leagues the third Saturday in April is the traditional start and this year as it is the 21st it is as late as it can be.
I referred in a posting made last month to Yorkshire's pre-season tour to Barbados where they will be joined by four other first class counties with a practice match beginning on March 15th. Pre-season cricket is not confined to warm climates however, for I note that the dragons of Somerset and Glamorgan will breathe fire over each other at Taunton on March 19th;they may need to to keep warm. At least the daffodils will be in flower.
In a couple of last season's postings I referred to my aim of trying to see each county play all other counties at least once in the county championship, a task which is now more than 80% completed. 2012 has thrown up a bumper crop of the remaining games, 12 in all,but their distribution, both in terms of the calendar and geography means that it will not be possible for me to see more than about 8 of them. April 19th presents the first opportunity when Surrey meet Worcestershire at The Oval. Tickets (at bargain prices)for the train journey are already in my possession, so fingers crossed for fine weather.
One more sign of the season's rapid approach is that I have received the usual request for match ball sponsorshipfrom my local club, Ouseburn CC. Happy to be able to oblige. Defending their title as champions of The Nidderdale League, won for the first time last season, will be hard, especially with Spofforth who defected from The Wetherby League last year now in the top division.
Finally Brian mentioned in his most recent posting that Howard Clayton had been appointed to be scorer for Yorkshire II. This is now reported on the YCCC website and brings to light a remarkable coincidence. I won't say anymore for if you can read this, you can read that, but it is worth a look.
Sunday 26 February 2012
Friday 10 February 2012
VERITY MATCH IN OMAGH 1941
By Brian Sanderson,
On Wednesday 8th of February Yorkshire cricket Archives received two score sheets for match between Green Howards against Mr Walsh X1.The Green Howards included Norman Yardley and Hedley Verity.
The match itself was described in Alan Hill book called A portrait of a cricketer
Hedley Verity and there is photogragh of the sides together with picture of the wicket at the Tyrone and Fermanagh hospital.The Green Howards were on manoeuvers in Northern Ireland.They were beaten at cricket by a North-West Ireland eleven at the garrison town of Omagh in Hedley Verity last game on a British field. Verity took eight wickets for 55 runs to dismiss the Irishmen for 112 but the Green Howards ,cloaked in the anonymity of a "Miltary X1", lost by 21 runs.
There is also a copy of newspaper report of the match and an averages for Strabane Cricket Club for 1941 for whom Yardey and Verity played for that season.It was their most successful season since 1910. I e-mail the Strabane historical society to see if they could obtain details of these matches.It will be interesting if they can find any details.
I have put the details of the match on Cricket Archives for the season 1941. This will appear in the next few days.While looking at this excellent web-site ,I noticed they have recently put copies of The Cricketer magazines since 1948 on the site.You can read them as though it is a magazine. Brilliant idea.
You might also look at the Hillam and Monk Fryston cricket club web-site. On the home page there a link to Yorkshire Post article about the club which has been playing cricket for over 300 years. I hope to visit the club this season.
It is also the Centenary of The York and District Cricket League tis year.There is a cabinet full of celebratiing the fact in The Long Room at Headingley. I hope people will stop and look at during the coming season.
Latest news is that Howard Clayton is the new Second Team scorer for next year.
On Wednesday 8th of February Yorkshire cricket Archives received two score sheets for match between Green Howards against Mr Walsh X1.The Green Howards included Norman Yardley and Hedley Verity.
The match itself was described in Alan Hill book called A portrait of a cricketer
Hedley Verity and there is photogragh of the sides together with picture of the wicket at the Tyrone and Fermanagh hospital.The Green Howards were on manoeuvers in Northern Ireland.They were beaten at cricket by a North-West Ireland eleven at the garrison town of Omagh in Hedley Verity last game on a British field. Verity took eight wickets for 55 runs to dismiss the Irishmen for 112 but the Green Howards ,cloaked in the anonymity of a "Miltary X1", lost by 21 runs.
There is also a copy of newspaper report of the match and an averages for Strabane Cricket Club for 1941 for whom Yardey and Verity played for that season.It was their most successful season since 1910. I e-mail the Strabane historical society to see if they could obtain details of these matches.It will be interesting if they can find any details.
I have put the details of the match on Cricket Archives for the season 1941. This will appear in the next few days.While looking at this excellent web-site ,I noticed they have recently put copies of The Cricketer magazines since 1948 on the site.You can read them as though it is a magazine. Brilliant idea.
You might also look at the Hillam and Monk Fryston cricket club web-site. On the home page there a link to Yorkshire Post article about the club which has been playing cricket for over 300 years. I hope to visit the club this season.
It is also the Centenary of The York and District Cricket League tis year.There is a cabinet full of celebratiing the fact in The Long Room at Headingley. I hope people will stop and look at during the coming season.
Latest news is that Howard Clayton is the new Second Team scorer for next year.
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