YORKSHIRE CRICKET CONNECTIONS

By Brian Sanderson,

A Saturday which had sun which made a nice change for this season.I picked up Ron Stansfield and Ron Deaton to see some Nidderdale grounds .It had rained heavily  during the week causing some matches to be off.
The grounds we visited with matches off were  Killinghall,Burnt Yates,Darley and Scotton.

The first match we saw was Hampsthwaite 3rd  against Stavely 2rd on the Birthwith second ground. The ground is next to the river but the pitch was in good condition even after the rain.They have to put up a tent for the tea-room and the scorers sit under the Oak tree.Proper country cricket scene.Both sides had eleven players which is a good acheivement by both clubs.

Second match we watched was Dacre Bank against Killinghall. We were shown a picture of the ground under water on Friday but due to the sandy soil the rain had gone and left with a match.Dacre Bank were batting as we walked round the ground.I took a picture of the ground together withthe cottage were Herbert Sutcliffe was born.Eric Horseman stopped to talk to Ron Deaton about the old grounds of the Nidderdale League.Eric also talked about his time in the Yorkshire Nets in the 1950,s.All interesting information. His son Ian played some matches for Yorkshire.While we were talking Howard Cooper came round. He played 98 times for Yorkshire but has had to stop playing due injury.

Third match we saw was Burton Leonard Seconds against Newby Hall  Seconds.New by Hall was batting chasing 168. The pavilion was opened by Ronnie Burnet in 1960,s who was the Yorkshire Captain in 1958 @1959 when they won the Championship. During the afternoon we were kept informed about the Yorshire score at Bristol. We were pleased to hear they won which was good as we sat out side pavilion Ronnie had opened..

When I looked at the League web-site to-night the scores of the Burton Leonard match were on the excellent web-site.Hpe to goto Lancashire League to-morrow.