AT LAST A YORKSHIRE SECOND TEAM MATCH

By Brian Sanderson,

To-day was a chance to go to Pudsey Congs ground to watch Yorkshire Seconds against Worcestershire  in a Trophy 50 overs match.There had been a lot of rain in the area and Ralph Middlebrook together with other workers managed to get the match started.It could not get started until  1.00 instead of 12.00 which reduced the overs to 34. However we much thank them all for all their work.

I sat next to Peter France who  wants to join the  P.C.W. group has he had been to three grounds on Saturday trying to see a cricket match.Worcester batted first with Pattinson and  Wardlaw opening the bowling who had both played Championship cricket.Also first teamers was Sayers, Lyth and Rashid. On the Worcestershire  side was Brett D,Oliveira was playing who is the grandson of Basil.
Yorkshire bowling was poor and Worcestershire scored 224 in the 34 overs which should be too much for Yorkshire.

There were no scorecards at the start of the match but arrived late .There was only 40 provided and I sold them within ten minutes as there was a good crowd.The Yorkshire openers were Sayers and Lyth  who could not keep up with the run rate.The best batsman was Alex Lees who scored 49 who was the captain to-day.Yorkshire scored just over 200 for 9 .

The weather was warm and this is the first Yorkshire match since 22 May at York that  seems a long time ago.I did win the raffle  and won a tin of biscuits.