On a cloudy but warm day Iwent up to Weetwood to see Yorkshire Seconds against M.C.C. Young Cricketers in a forty over match.The was a good crowd for the match and included Peter France from Huddersfield.I was met by comments about the weather as in seems Huddersfield was bathed in sunshine.However the sun came out and it became very hot. This caused me to go to the shade of the pavilion to eat my dinner.
Meanwhile Yorkshire batted first and had four first team players playing.The openers were Lyth and Lees.
There were two run outs in the first two wickets which seem a waste of two good batsmen.Lyth was left to score at will and was dropped on numerous occasions which enabled him to score a century.Tony Hutton arrived after watching the beginning of Yorkshire Academy against a Australian side at New Rover ground which is very close to Weetwood.Yorkshire scored over 270 and looked a good total.By this time Bob Procter arrived after his trip to Worcester to see the Australians.
M.C.C started off very quickly and looked in no problems and it was not until Rafiq started bowling the wickets started to fall.In the end he took four wickets included a brillant caught and bowled.Brian Senior arrived togother with Mick Bourne so nearly all the P.C.W were at the match apart from John Winn.
In the final over M.C.C required three to win with one wicket left. It was left to Wardlaw of Cleckheaton and Scotland fame to bowl the final over. There was a two scored and then a catch by Sawyers tied the match. The photograph is after the catch with the batsman upset and the Yorkshire players going over to Wardlaw.Yorkshire bowling was poor apart from Rafiq but the M.C.C poor fielding made a exciting finish.Some people had gone over New Rover and missed the excitement.
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