WHAT FLAG IS THIS ?

By Brian Sanderson,

I picked up my sister at Ripon and we both went to the most beautiful ground in the North of England  Sedbergh.The match was the Minor County match Cumbria against Suffolk.Suffolk are ten points behind Cambridge in this final championship match so have to win this match.On the way to the ground we went through heavy rain and the thoughts turned to last year when we did not see any cricket due to the rain.

When we arrived the usual parking spot was banned as new drains had been laid on the cricket ground.This proved a blessing as the match would  start on time due to the new drains.Cumbria won the toss and Suffolk batted.Tony Hutton arrived later as he had problem finding a parking spot as the school drive was used as a parking lot for the fell runners who were running to-day.During the morning David Thorpe arrived with  Graham to be faced by a strong breeze  blowing across the pitch but this helped to keep the rain off.By lunch-time Suffolk were 78 for 3.

After lunch we had a strolled into the village which was very quite.Arrived back we watched Tom Huggins ex Cambridge, Essex,Northampton and Suffolk score a hundred but Suffolk were all out for 201.

Above is the photgraph of Tom Higgins.When Suffolk were out it became very cold so we return back to Ripon and so leaving Sedbergh for another year. Cumbria finished on 43 for 5.

The flag which was been shown at the ground was Westmoreland flag which has not  being in existance since 1974.The emblem is a gold apple tree.You learn all sorts watching cricket and reading this blog.