BACK TO HULL

By Brian Sanderson,

On Saturday morning I picked up John Fuller,Cricket Yorkshire ,and set off to a new ground for me Hull cricket ground which is not far from the K.C.stadium were they were playing a  rugby league cup quarter final.

They were playing Woodhouse Grove in the new North Yorkshire Premier League.John had arranged to talk to Shivi  Kaushik who played in the I.P.L. and was now playing for Hull. As it happens Hull batted first so he was able to talk to him straight away.I had forgotten by camera so the photographs in this blog was taken by John.When we left Hull were 38 for 6.However later we found out they won on Duckworth -Lewis.The ground is next to Hull Rugby Union ground and has shared facilities.

Across the road is the Hull Zingari  ground were they were playing Easingwold  in the York and District Premier Division..The home side were batting and went on to score 166 for 6 and still lose.The club has played on this ground for over 100 years and there used to be a Union ground and tennis courts but they are no longer there. A very pleasant ground  with a very unusual scoring box.

Moving on to Hessle were I went last week as John always wanted to see the ground as it was near the Humber Bridge. When we arrive Humbleton had been bowled out for 22 and the home side scored the winning runs in six overs.At least John saw the ground and the excellent boards in the clubhouse.

Moving on again to Welton and Brough were I visited last week as I wanted John to see Sir F.S.Jackson  grave. The home side second team were batting and was just finishing their innings on 133 for 9 so we were able to have a cup of tea. The weather forecast had been rain so we had been very luck up till then when the black clouds came rolling in. There was no more play in this match.

Travelling back to Leeds in the thunderstorm was not easy but arriving on the outskirts of Leeds the sky was brighter so I took a gamble. Oulton were playing Buttershaw ST.Pauls in the Bradford League. They had only lost half an hour of the match and Oulton were chasing 79.They had lost three wickets while we were there but more rain  caused the match to be abandoned with Oulton 57 for 6.

Excellent afternoon with a bonus of the Oulton match on the way back to centre of Leeds.