SECOND SPOUT HOUSES

By Brian Sanderson,

On a warm evening myself and Ron Deaton decided  to go and watch a match in The  Northallerton Evening League after Ron had checked it was on.The match was Silton against East Harsley.Silton is split between Nether and Over and the ground is in  Nether.The villages are situated about 7 miles north of Thirsk in the North Yorkshire Moors and have a population of  170.The village was listed in the Doomsday Book.

As we looked at the ground the wicket had been cut but the outfield was not.The height of the grass was about 9 inces and cutter had broken down twice costing the Cricket club £100. One of the East Harsley players said he was coloured blind for the colours green and red so he would struggle to find the ball in the long grass.Ron had visited the ground last year and started talking a man who watched the match from the road side.Ron recogonised from his visit last year. Both  sides  had played a cup match at East Harsley last night and the home side won.The ground slopes down at one side making it hard to see the wicket.

The visitors batted first and scored 99 for 9 in the twenty overs.Most of the runs had to be hit in the air as it was impossible for the ball to go through the thick grass.So it was a good score.The home side batted in poor light as the sun had gone in.As we left they were 43 for 3 in ten overs.
The out field was not as thick as our visit to Spout Houses but run it close.

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