By Brian Sanderson,
I was going to York today but Tony Hutton reminded me they were playing away at Brandon in the Royal London Club Championship so a change of plan.After looking at the fixtures I decided to go to Richmond who were playing Clifton Alliance in the same cup.
I think the Richmond ground has one of the best view from the club house a church,see the opening photograph and a castle,see above. We sheltered from the cold northerly wind to watch the home side bat in the forty-five over match.. Soon the home team captain , Gary Pratt was bowled for 5 and the team had lost three wickets very quickly.
It was left to Matthew Cowling, seen above, to score 57 in 39 balls together with Sam Wood to bring the score up to 271 for 9. They were helped with 34 extras which included 20 wides. This helped to keep the umpires warm. One out standing bowler was David Friend who took 6 for 25 in his eight overs.
After tea the sun was out but it did not help Clifton Alliance who were bowled out in 21.4 overs for 68.
The top scorer was extras on 18. Gary Pratt caught a catch at first slip with the help of his body and spent five minutes on the floor and then later hurt his hand going for a catch. Not a good match for him.
York scored 232 for 9 and bowled Brandon for 102.Tom Pringle taking 6 for 15 in 6.5 overs.
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