AS LONG AS YOU CAN SEE COWS

By Brian Sanderson,

Another Ron Deaton trip to East Yorkshire with myself and Ron Stansfield.The weather was warm and dry so was ideal for travelling round the grounds.

The first six grounds were in the Scarborough Becketts. First one was Ravenscar who were playing Scalby Seconds which was a local derby.The club was established in 1923 and used to play in  the adjacent field.There is a new pavilion and the ground is well kept. It slopes down to the pavlion but the wicket is flat.In the pavilion is list of players who had scored most runs and taken most wickets which shows they were interested in their history.As you can see from the photograph there is cows nearby which means it is proper village cricket.

Moving up the coast to Fylinghall School were Whitby thirds were playing Brompton.We passed some new football and hockey pitches and the cricket ground is used for athletics.We were talking to one of the players and found out he was the cousin of Adam Lyth,the Yorkshire player who comes from Whitby.In the distance you could see the Fylingdale ground.

To reach the ground  by car you have to go about one mile passed a caravan park.Tony Hutton had visited this ground a few years ago.The match was Fylingdale against Grindale in the village of Robins Hood Bay.There is no village called Fylingdale.The pavilion was built in the 1950,s and used also for fooball.It is also next to the old Filey railway line which is now a footpath.

Moving along narrow lanes we reached the main Pickering and Whitby road.Turning left towards Pickering about six miles from the village is Lockton.The ground  can be seen from the main road and they were playing Wold Newton from the Driffield area.Here again there is a football pich next to the cricket.The team are struggling to keep two teams going and I wish them all the best.

Moving down to Pickering  were Ryedale were playing Wykeham.They own there own ground were also played is football, table tennis, tennis and croquet which is a unusual sport in the North of England.We saw tthem last week beat Scarborough thirds and one of the players recognised used . As it happens he used to played for Lockton.

The final match was Malton against Woodhouse Grange in the York and District League.Ron had visited the ground about ten years ago when Yorkshire played Lashing X1.It is a large ground which is flat and well looked after.However we saw them lose by about 40 runs.

Another excellent trip to see seven new grounds and take some good photographs.Part two to-morrow with the results another photograph.