RAIN DID NOT STOP PLAY

By Brian Sanderson,

As my friend from London wanted to see a Bradford League, we went to Undercliffe where Farsley were the opponents.


The first car we saw was Raymond Illingworths who still supports Farsley.Also there was James Wainman grandfather as his grandson was playing for Farsley.The sun was shining as Undercliffe decided to bat.The first wicket fell to a run out when the score was 23. By this time the sun had gone and a cold wind started to blow.At 67 for 1 we thought Undercliffe might make a big score however wickets felled consistently.the two main wicket takers was the medium right hand bowler Henry and the leg spin bowler Craddock.

The last time I saw Craddick was at Headingley playing for Yorkshire Seconds but he did not bowl,Today he took 4 for 40  off 11.4 overs.Undercliffe struggled to 155  off 38.4 overs.Wainman bowled well but took no wickets.

After twenty five overs Farsley decided to take a drink of cold orange juice even though tea would have been a better drink in the cold temperature.At half time a Undercliffe supporter thought that Farsley would struggle to get the total.After about 11 overs bowled the rain had been falling heavily for some time so the Umpires took both sides off to the disgust of the Farsley opening bats with the total 53 for 0 wickets.

We waited about fifteen miutes with the rain still falling thinking the match was over.To my surprise when I arrived home Farsley were 100 for 9 after 21 overs so drawing the match. So we missed the ending of the exciting match,

Tomorrow to the stadium called Headingley for the county match subject to the weather.