MATCH SPOILED BY IDIOTS

By Brian Sanderson,

Similar to John I did not wish to go far to-day so I walked  to the stadium called Headingley.It was just like starting the season again seeing William Roberts at his bookstall and  the last time I was at Champoinship match here was at the beginning of Juine.The match was a forty over match against Unicorns.This is a interesting team consisting of players looking for contracts with counties so it is interesting to see the background of the players.

A flavour of the side is as follows:

Robert James Joseph Woolley who has made his first class debut with Cambridge MCCU and has played Lancashire seconds.

Reginald Glenn Querl ,born Harare and played for M.C.C  Young Crickerters.

Just before the match I was privilaged to meet Percy Holmes grandson. Percy holds the first wicket partnership wih Herbert Sutcliffe of 555 or was it 554. That is another tale.

There was a decent crowd with a part of the Western Terrace open where a crowd of people from Mytholmroyd Cricket Club had set up camp fueled with  Lager.In the dictionary it states a idiot is a foolish and senseless person. They were all through the match shouting until the finish. Why people go to cricket matches when they do not watch the match I do not know and also spoil it  for the rest of the crowd.

Trying to watch the match through the racket  was hard but Yorkshire won the toss and put the Unicorns into bat.It was left to Keith Parsons and Robert Woolley to put  on a partnership of 47 to bring the total to 150. It rained after the 37 over which brought Duckworth -Lewis into play which is always interesting.The best Yorkshire bowlers were Sidebottom and Rashid who took five wickets for fifty-two in fifteen overs.

Yorkshire were set a total of 162 in 37 overs with the idiots still shouting.Yorkshire soon found themselves 4 for 41 with Woolley and Queri bowling well.Ballance and Rafiq put on a partnership of 87 to win the match with rain threating again.In the end a good victory for Yorkshire but they made hard work of it.

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