Yes that’s right - Sunday 24th July (10.30 am onwards) will see the last ever six-a-side competition to be held at Escrick before we move to a new format in 2023.
The draw was recently made with six matches confirmed to take place during the course of the day. No fancy T20 style names as yet but the team captains are as follows:-
Team A - Phil, B - Jason, C- Charlie, D - Angus
It is always a really good fun day out and if we get some of this fabulous summer sun then we are in for a treat. It would be wonderful to see members, family, and friends for the day or part of. We will be having a BBQ (a selection of meat and vegetarian options available) on the go from lunchtime through and some fun fundraising activities.
The bar will be open all day, so please come along, show your support for the club and hopefully have a great day out.
BBQ from 1pm
*To help us it would be good if you could respond here to let us know likely numbers for attendance and if you are keen to eat from the BBQ. Click here to Message the Club
100 Club lottery Draw
The draw for the 100 club lottery was made Mike Apparicio at the ground on Friday 8th July. Congratulations to the following members who take home a monthly prize of £30-00.
January (48) J Gundill
February (45) H Glatman
March (77) R O'Kelly
April (35) R Elmhurst
May (85) D Reid
June (63) T Malloch
The July-December draws will be made at the annual Sportsman dinner on the 10th November, with the December winner going home with the bonanza £250-00 prize. If you are not already part of the Lottery you can join for just £10-00 a year. Please contact us here if you would like to be part of it. Click here to Message the Club
Recent Match Reports / Results
A selection of match reports from some recently played games starting with last Sunday’s game against Pocklington.
YGs v Pocklington Pixies – Sunday 10th July 2022 - Match Won
With virtually the whole of the UK basking in blue skies and searing heat, a very decent looking YG XI were lined up against a team of Pixies with an aggregate age somewhere close to the combined age of our intended opening batters, at least until Sir Geoffrey Barker was delayed by some A64 traffic chaos and Ollie Pimlott joined DO’K at the top of the innings.
So the YGs got off to solid start reaching 53 before Ollie was triggered LBW for a tidy 28. Ed Noble and Will Anderson both fell for 6 runs, before the belated Barker was suitably prepared mentally and physically to join David in the sauna on the square. Just like Joe Root, Geoff was off the mark first ball and contributed 23 in a 4th wicket partnership of 75. The score was 165-4 off 40 overs. Richard Lindsay joined an increasingly withering DO’K and started to turn 1’s into 2’s, with the occasional 3 which David was clearly delighted with. Both batters found the boundaries freely and cantered along to a declaration at 244-4 off 49.5 overs as Richard finished with 32* and David stroked and bludgeoned his way to another 100*.
Richard congratulates David on his first century of the season.
The young Pixie team applied themselves tremendously in ridiculously hot conditions and thoroughly deserved their rest in the shade of the pavilion. As did both umpires, who were invited to take an extended tea to cool down and take on some liquids.
Mike Furze and Phil Holland took the new ball, partly as the late arriving Phil also needed to leave early. He did his best to get the Pixies off to a good start with their openers tucking into some juicy full tosses and long hops, with some decent deliveries thrown in. But after being unable to break through the tidy openers, Mike and Phil stepped aside to allow a two pronged Anderson attack to try their luck. A maiden from Tom with plenty of gas was followed by a wicket from the skipper in his first over. The other opener and the no.3 were also back in the shade after the YG captain’s 3rd & 5th overs. Phil departed at tea, replaced by a 4th Anderson as Giles grabbed some spare whites to take to the field.
97-3 became 97-4 in the 20th over when Rich Lindsay replaced Tom Anderson, due to the youthfulness of the batters at the crease and Tom’s threat to turn from express pace to leg spin (nobody needs to see that). Will Anderson bowled some decent stuff with venom for 6 overs but without success and made way for Ed Noble to display his mystery spin (nobody knows what’s coming next) but he picked up two wickets in his 4 overs. Rich toiled away in the heat for 13 overs and maintained pressure in getting 2 for 46.
Despite loosing wickets fairly regularly, with a couple of decent partnerships from their young players, the Pixies were closing in on the 245 target. 60 or so runs were required from the last 10 with 3 wickets remaining. The skipper brought back Mike Furze to replace Richard Lindsay and reintroduced himself at the other end, taking the 9th wicket with the score at 217 with Furzey taking his 2nd to wrap things up via a sharp catch behind the wicket by Neil Dale, his 2nd victim of the innings, outfield catches started with a great take at 1st slip by David and 3 catches in the deep for Tom. So the YGs walked off the Escrick inferno with a slight spring in their step energised by a 12 run victory in the 51st over and cold beers waiting at the bar.
Match report by Jonny Anderson
YGs v Harrow Wanderers – Friday 8th July 2022 - Match Drawn
On a blissful summers day the YG’s batted first and accumulated a decent total of 222 for 5 off 41 overs. A steady start was made by James Van De Merwe (17) and Geoff Barker (26) putting on 35 for the first wicket. However it was the middle order pairing who gave the innings real impetus with Richard Pope (52) and Dhilin Gavin (67 not out) both scoring impressive half centuries. Next top score was extras with a more than handy 35.
In reply the Wanderers struggled to gain any momentum to their innings with good bowling especially from Ryan Lockwood 2-14 off 7 overs and James Van De Merwe 4-20 off 11 overs pegging them back. James Rossington picked up two key middle order wickets in an entertaining three over spell that yielded 28 runs. They were reduced to 104-9 off 27 overs but their last wicket pairing held out valiantly for the last 7 overs. The match was drawn with the Wanderers finishing on 120-9.
YGs v Penguins – Sunday 3rd July 2022 - Match Lost
Pengiuns 235-7 dec off 43 overs.
YG’s 107 -all out
We were well beaten by a strong Pengiuns side who posted a decent total, then proceeded to dismantle our batting line up. Phil Holland was the most successful bowler with 3-34 off 6 overs as they looked to accelerate towards a declaration.
In reply the YG’s had no answer for their bowling attack with Phil Holland (44) the only player to make a significant contribution.
YGs v Langdales Lovelies – Wednesday 29th June 2022 - Honourable Draw
YG’s 233 - 4 Dec off 42 overs
Langdales XI 208-8
Throughly enjoyable and keenly contested match with superb batting by Olly Pimlott (108) and Tom Malloch (74) setting the game up with a 166 opening partnership. Congratulations to Ollie on reaching three figures. Always a big achievement. In response the Lovelies got off to a blistering start and were in danger of sweeping us aside. They were on 156 without loss when with an eye on giving their team a game both openers were sportingly retired. This probably changed the course of the game as YG’s then proceeded to take regular wickets as the Lovelies went in pursuit of victory. Chandraban did the damage with an excellent spell of 6-56 off 13 overs. The Langdale’s finished with 208-8.
YGs v Scarborough College – Wednesday 22nd June 2022 - Match Lost
Pengiuns 235-7 dec off 43 overs.
YG’s 107 -all out
The 22nd of June turned out to be one of the hottest days of the year so far at Escrick where YG’s entertained Scarborough College. After winning the toss SC decided to bat.
With excellent bowling from W Middleton and R Exley SC got off to a steady start but wickets were not forthcoming so changes were made by captain Neil Dale and further excellent spells from James Rossington(5 overs 1-13) and Mike Chatham(8 overs 1-52) saw the first wickets go down at 68 and 104.
Further spells from W Middleton(11 overs 2-38) and R Exley(10 overs 2-53) eventually saw SC finish on 215/7 in their 40 overs with G Fraser top scoring on 51.
Batting proved a little more difficult for YGs against the fast bowling of W Jadon (7 overs 1-13) and R Brathwaite(12 overs 0-12) but after this steady start and fall of early wickets C Chafer(41), G Landy(34) and M Chatham(40no) saw YGS make a brave effort to reach the total but falling short on 180-6. This was despite a late cameo from R Pope(13 off 5 balls).
Overall an enjoyable close fought contest.With SC having 3 Barbadians, 3 Australians and 2 South Africans in their line up it was indeed an international team.
Match report by Neil Dale
Remaining Fixtures - changes
Unfortunately we have lost a couple of fixtures as a number of opposition teams have been struggling to raise a team this season and have had to cancel their fixture with us. It appears to be a widespread problem for many clubs across the land. Our fixture secretary is hoping to re-arrange one of fixtures and he has already secured a new fixture with the 40 club who will be playing us on Friday the 9th September - 2pm start. The Fixtures have been updated on our App but we strongly recommend downloading the latest fixtures card especially if you are thinking of coming to spectate or play.