ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR YORKSHIRE SECONDS

By Brian Sanderson,

After two long days I decided to go to York to see Yorkshire Seconds against Nottingham  on the last day of  a three day match.The first person I saw was John Hampshire ex Yorkshire ,England and Derby player who is now mentor of umpires.I also saw him at Todmorden and Nottingham.

Yorkshire had to set up a run chase this afternoon to achieve a proper match. As I did not arrive until 12.00 Yorkshire were batting and losing wickets quickly chasing runs.Just before lunch they declared leaving Notts to score 240 in 72 overs which was a generous declaration.The crowd was very scarce but Tony Hutton was there behind the bowlers arm so I joined him to watch the match.

Above is the new York groundsman rolling a pitch,

Above is a photograph of Yorkshire getting ready to field after lunch.The pitch looked batsman friendly and the Yorkshire bowler struggled.In Notts first innnigs Hassan Azad who was born in Pakistan,scored 122 not out.After lunch he carried on in the same mode finishing up with 97 not out so Notts winning by eight wickets.

Lees who had been dropped by Yorshire first team scored a good hundred on the first day.However no bowlers could stop another defeat fothe Seconds.