By Brian Sanderson,
I had planned to go back to Ashby -de-la-Zouche to see Leicester Seconds and Derbyshire Seconds.However I noticed on Sunday that the club web-site the match was off due to the rain.However no mention on the Leicestershire or Derbyshire web-sites.So I rang up Derbyshire office and promised a reply back to confirm if the match had been switched. I am still waiting a reply however on the Leicester web-site on Monday night it stated that it had been transfered to Belpher Meadows ground and was now a friendly three day match.
The Belpher ground enterence is very small and is next to the football ground.It has a sloping pitch but with a banking on the side looking at the green fields opposite excellent views and a lot better than any stadiums.It turned out that Belpher were asked to stage the match on Monday afternoon and did very well to organise all the facilities at short notice.The first person I saw in the clubhouse was Ismail Darwood who was one of the umpires.Ismail is a ex Yorshire player and now plays for Hanging Heaton on a Saturday which is a Bradford League team.
The sun was shinning as Leicester opening batsmen came out to play on a previous played pitch.
Wickets fell quickly but William Jefferson ex British Universities,Essex,Durham UCCE,Nottingham and now Leicester scored some runs.He was seventh out having faced 132 deliveries for 74.Leicester managed 189 when a heavy rain shower came.No sooner had the covers came on the rain stopped.
Derbyshire also struggled to score and at 6.30 the score was 96 for 6.The only batsman to score runs was Paul Borrington who,s father also played for Derby in the 1970,s.He scored 44 which some good cover drives.
A excellent day in friendly surroundings and a ground worth visiting.
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