IN ALONZO,S FOOTSTEPS

By Brian Sanderson,

After a Archives meeting I decided to drive to Honley to see Yorkshire under19 against Lancashire.Lancashire had to obtain three bonus points to win the league.As I arrived I notice Peter France sat we with the Wilson family watching Eddy batting.They were struggling with three batsman scoring 150 runs out off 206.These were Eddy Wilson with 80,CameronPitt with 30 and B.Morley with 49.

There were no scorecards so again we struggled to name the players.Brian Lymbury has promised some for to-morrow but I will be at Scarborough.During the break I walked down to Honley Graveyard to find Alonzo Drake grave.He played at Honley before the first World War and his photograph is hung in the pavilion. Thanks to Peter Dibb who rescued it from a back room.

Above is the photograph of the super-star.He played at Honley in 1907 and 1908 with aversage of 58 with the bat.In 1914 he took 10-35 against Somerset.He deid on 14th February 1919.Unfortunate I could not find the grave but Philip Paine has a photograh of the grave in one of his books.

Above is a photograph of the enterence to the graveyard and looked goulish in the sunlight.

When I got back to the match Yorkshire had taken four wickets but Lancshire had got enough bonus points to win the league.There is another day to-morrow so let us hope Yorkshire might win a match against Lancashire as recently we have failed.