I have wanted to go to The Racecourse ground for some years and to-day there was a Bunbury match played.My passenger to-day was Tony Hutton who has visited numerous grounds in this area so he could be the navigator to-day.
It was the 27th Bunbury U15 Festival played over five days at Maiden Castle,The Racecours and Riverside grounds.The Racecourse ground is situated below a steep slope and next to the River Wear.It is a large ground with changing rooms in a pavilion.The match was between North v London @ East. over 50 overs. There was a half an hour delay as Paul Collingwood arrived late to present their regional caps.London batted first on a cloudy day which soon became very hot.They batted slowly against average bowling but managed to reach 204.During the match I walked down the side of the river to Durham City ground.The photograph above is from the ground towards Durham Cathedral.
At half-time we went back along the main road to the Maiden Castle ground which is a University complex ground so not as beautiful as the previous grounds.This match was between Midlands and South @ West.Midlands had scored 162 in 43 overs and according to one of their coachs batted poorly.South were soon losing wickets on a poor wicket.However we did see two good spinners bowling . These were Daniel Lloyd and Connor Marshall.The match was a close finish with Midland winning by 11 runs.
We went back to the North match to see the finish.They required 50 over 10 overs which they achieved with an over to spare.This wicket was more batsman friendly but no players stood out.
To-morrow they hope that Midland will play South and North play London but the weather forecast is poor.
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