SCENIC LANGBAUGH LEAGUE GROUNDS

By Brian Sanderson,

Before going on a trip to the Inshore Fisheries Langbaugh League , I called into Weetwood to see the Yorkshire Academy be presented by the Yorkshire President the cup for winning the Yorkshire ECB Cricket League for the first time since they entered the league.Will Rhodes, the captain, is shaking hands with Dickie Bird.

The first match we went to was Broughton @ Kirby against Scrutton in the first division. It was due to start at 1.30 however due  some of the Scrutton arriving late the match was delayed by about twenty minutes .
The ground  has some beautiful views of the Cleveland Hills.The ground is  a few miles south of Stokesley in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire.

It is in a great setting and I would recommend cricket watchers to visit the ground. Moving on to another scenic ground Chopgate in Bilsdale North Yorkshire were they were playing Hutton Rudby in the second division. The home side had a chance to go up into the second division if they could win this match. They were batting and had scored just over 100 in thirty overs with one batsman scoring fifty.There are great views of the hills and it reminded me of some Lake District grounds.

I had visited this ground last year but there was no cricket been played on it so today was a big bonus when we saw cricketers.They sky was cloudy but it still had some great views. Moving on a few miles we went to Ingleby Greenhow who were playing Swainby in the second division. The home side also had to win to get a chance of going up to the first division. They to were batting first and scored over 200 in the forty overs.
Another scenic ground with a good pavilion which had some historic photographs on the wall. Great to see club showing their history.

One of the home players had read the  blog so it was good to see one of our readers.The winner of the second division is New Maske who I visited last year.Moving on to the champions of the first division Moorsholm.The village is five miles from Saltburn between the North Yorkshire Moors and the North Sea.
When we arrived they had just lost to Kirby Sigston who were second in the league. This defeat was there first defeat at home this season.The football goals were out as this was the final fixture this season in this league. JohnWinn had visited this ground last year and  Moorsholm remembered the blog. Our fame is sprending.

Tomorrow to Barnsley to see if the Academy can do a league and cup double. The match starts at 11.30.