SHORT VISITS

By Brian Sanderson,

As my sister is in Harrogate hospital so  I did not have a lot of time to see any cricket. However this afternoon I visited four grounds on the way back home.

The first ground was Sicklington who were playing Shadwell .As I arrived  it was the last over bowled by Shadwell.It is coming to the end of the Wetherby League just three matches left.The match was in the first division and Shadwell was looking to take maximum points by bowling out Sicklingfall. However they could take only nine wickets with the home side scoring 137. Looking at the computor when I arrived home Shadwell were bowled out for 113 so putting them out of  winning the league.

Moving on down the Harrogate Road I popped into Harewood House were St. George were playing Cambridge Methodists in a friendly match. Cambridge had batted first and scored 116.The ground is situated in the grounds of the house and has excellent views.I  knew two of the St.George team including the opening bat. There was a newspaper cutting showing he had scored a century against The Hawks however he was soon out today. That is cricket.

Moving on about one mile, the next ground was East Keswick in the second division of the Wetherby League.The match was just finishing with Church Fenton winning easily.The away side are third in the league with the home side is fourth from the bottom.The ground has excellent views over the Wharfe Valley. The photograph at the start of the blog shows their roller.Good bless Mick Bourne.

The last match I saw was Kirkstall Educational  against Bilton  in the Airedale Wharfedale League.The home side are ninth in the league because a twenty point deduction as not fulfilling a fixture by their second team.
Kirkstall had scored 261 in their fifty overs.However Bilton won the match helped by Vic Craven ex Yorkshire player.Just two matches left in this league.

American College Football has started , Autumn is coming.