By Brian Sanderson,
Yesterday were the last league matches in the Leeds area but there is still some more cricket to be seen into October.The Arthington ground is situated between Pool in Wharfedale and Harewood and they play in the Nidderdale League.
Today's opponent were Halifax Nomads who just play friendlies on a Sunday afternoon. I remember playing this club in the late 1960s when I played for Yorkshire Bank at the Moortown ground.The match should have started at 1.00P.M but it was ten minutes late when Halifax came out to bat and unfortunatly Arthington were two men short.The crowd consisted of ten people which was very disappointing.Denis Nash again opened the bowling even though he is in his seventies and just recovering from injuries.
His run up may be a bit shorter than last year but he was still economical with his spell of bowling. His figures being 8-2-14-2. The two Halifax batsmen R.Harland and J.Tetley put on a stand of 105 with Harland especially playing some nice shots. At the end of the forty overs they had scored 187.
Tea was taken in the shade of the trees however there was a cool breeze blowing which caused it to be cold.
The total seem to be too much for Arthington with only nine men. Andy Stoddart anf Geoff Barker tried hard to keep the home side in the match.By the twenty over they had scored 83 for 1.
Geoff Barker,above, has played in this festival for a number of years and I last saw him playing for Yorkshire Gentlemen at Escrick Park in April.Looking at the club's averages he played 17 matches and finishing with average of 56.11. Today he scored 57 before he was run out from a direct throw.
Arthington brought the total to 151 for 7 at the end of the overs and Denis Nash was batting. Another two matches next weekend and let us hope the weather keeps fine to help support this fine club.
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