CUP SUNDAY

By Brian Sanderson,

I wanted to watch cricket locally to-day as I am going on holiday for five days.So looking at the fixtures all the leagues were playing their  cups.So the first match I went to was Golcar against Emley Clarence in the Sykes Cup in the Huddersfield League.Emley were established in 1876 and their ground is near the T.V. mast and is shared with the football ground.

During the winter Golcar had one of their sightscreen broken during the winter because of the strong winds .At this moment it is waiting to be repaired.Emley batted first on a sunny day and a hard wicket putting in a opening stand of 50.

There was a standy fall of wickets until the number 7 batsman helped to bring the score up to 197. There are no scorecards so you are unable to know the names of the batsman also it is not on total cricket scorer.

At tea-time I drove over to see Meanwood play Hillam and Monk Fryston in the Fred Fleetwood Cup which is the Wetherby League Cup.I have not  seen cricket on this ground eventhough it is only about four miles from my house. It is a very neat ana tidy club with a very small playing area next to a pub. The photograph at the start of the blog is a photograph of a  garden next to the ground.I think you could have a compertition to see which is the best kept garden next to a cricket ground.Meanwood were orginally in the Dales Council League before moving to the Wetherby League.

Near by the ground there is a number of old stone houses and one had the date 1720..

A beautiful little ground woth visiting. Moving on about a mile to New Rover who were playing Otley in Waddilove Cup in the Airedale and Wharfedale League. As I entered the ground Otley had finished their forty-five overs and scored 370 for 4 with J.Pickering scoring 158 n ot out.

The New Rover ground looked a picture in the sunshine with the trees now in fully leafed.However New Rover are struggling to get two sides together and it would a great pity if this team folded.Moving  back towards home I called in to see Kirkstall Educational play Upper Wharfedale in  Waddilove Cup match.Kirkstall had scored another big score of  328  in 44.5 overs There had been  six matches on this ground sixce Wednesday which had left Dave Hodgson no time to water the wickets but they had still scored big total.

Thanlk you for John Winn writing  in Cricket Yorkshire a excellent piece on the Langbeugh League were I visited a club yesterday.Please read  the web-site.