posted by John Winn
I slipped across to St George's Road this afternoon to find that Hull had recovered from 88 for 7 and thanks to a fifty from Appleyard (T) reached 157 all out in the 48th over but leaving league leaders Harrogate the fairly easy task of surpassing that score in 62 overs. There were more than the usual number of cars round the ground for a club game but many of them belonged to parents of young girls enjoying a coaching and practice match session on the pitch behind the clubhouse. Qualifications to join the thirty or so girls attending the session seemed to include some basic skills, lots of enthusiasm and possession of a kit bag roughly the same height as its owner.
Harrogate began their reply cautiously but when Alex Twigg was dismissed with the score on 32 the entry of former Yorkshire all rounder Vic Craven, who had taken four of the Hull wickets, accelerated the rate and despite a hiccup when 70 for 2 became 82 for 3 with Craven out for 30 Harrogate's passage to victory was relatively unruffled. McCarthy took charge and his unbeaten 57 which included ten fours, saw Harrogate home with bags of time to spare.
Not least because Harrogate are very much a local club for me but also because I remember the era of county cricket at St George's Road and the devastating fire a few years ago which destroyed the pavilion I am very pleased to see Harrogate leading the Yorkshire League. Today's win coupled with their trouncing of Doncaster yesterday leaves them well clear at the top while for Hull despite an incomplete win over Appleby Frodingham in the first leg of this weekend's double header the outlook remains bleak and there are rumours that they may withdraw from the league at the end of the season.
Tomorrow will see me at Masham for a Roses clash between the two counties under 15 sides. If today's temperatures are replicated then there will be many worse places to be. Roll on.
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