BACK TO ADEL

By Brian Sanderson,

I left Adel yesterday evening with their second team going on to win. Their first team  also won at Harden with the help of C.Rowley scoring over 140 runs.Looking at the Wetherby League web-site St. Chads were playing a cup tie stating at 1.30 so I thought I would start at that match. Arriving about 12.45 the club houses was beeing locked after a junior match so it looked at the match would not be played to day. Opposite the field was a party been set up for the Tour de France so that must be the reason no match was on but why could that not put the reason on the League website or the club site.

So I arrived at Adel early allowing me to read the Sunday paper and watch the players of both sides doing their warm up exercises an hour before the match. The match was a quarter final  of the Waddilow Cup between Adel in the second division of the Airedale and Wharfedale League and Addingham of the third division.The above photograph is of the toss with Adel bowling.

I sat down with Tony Hutton and Reg   Parker so the conversation during the match was interesting. In the second over Addingham opening bat gave a gently catch to Adel fielder in the covers.In walked in J.Johnson who I found out from his father learnt his cricket at Radlett School where Strauss was also taught. He also plays for IIkley Rugby Union on the wing in the first team so he does not play many cricket matches and had starttd pre season training for Ilkley. However today was his day and hit everthing in the middle of the bat.

With the other opening bat that put on over 140 runs in good time.When the opening bat was out the score was 146 with seventeen overs to bowl and thoughts of total over 250 was talked about.Johnson was 90 at this stage and went on to score a century beforeing getting caught on the boundary edge.

This a photograph  is of him just after  been caught out.Addingham managed to get to 232 in the forty-five overs but if Johnson had stopped the total would have been higher. The Addingham captain mention the total of 150 as a good total so he must have been very happy at tea.

Adel opener Rowley shown he was in good form after yesterday but chased a wide ball and was caught brillently in the slips. Addingham were on top at this stage.

Just as I left Adel had scored 64 in fifteen overs with one opener 9 not out.So Adel had a fight on their hands and I can not find the result at this moment as this match is the only quater final match not on live scores so will have to wait till to-morrow.