2 out of 2 for the YGs

The YGs notched up their second win of the season with a solid performance against Woodhouse Grange.

Under the leadership of debutant Match Manager Phil Holland, the team worked hard to get to 182 all out. Bevan Fawcett top scored with 38 and valuable contributions from A.J. Clarke and Phil Holland (37 a piece) lower down the order helped take the score on from 145 for 8 at lunch.

In reply the visitors found it hard going. Although well positioned at 46 for two at tea, the final session saw a flurry of wickets with the spinners doing most of the damage.  They slumped to 62-6 before a quick fire 27 by S Burdett gave them some hope. After his wicket fell the hosts dug in but their resistance ended with 6 overs to go with Tim Smythe Osborne taking the last wicket.  

Bevan Fawcett had a particularly good game taking with 5-17 off 12 overs.  He was well back up with a disciplined display of bowling all round. 

A special note should be made of our regular keeper Neil Dale who was hit in the face by a ball. Play was halted as a bloodied nose needed attention. YGs first aiders did a fine job of patching him up with application of cotton wool to the nostrils!  Play quickly resumed with our brave keeper (with his good looks having taken a bit of a bashing) putting the gloves back on and finishing the match with two good catches to his name.

Stay fit Neil - we need you this season. Well done the YGs keep it going. 

Opening Season Win for YGs

The YGs beat Leeds University by 68 runs with one ball to spare in an excellent encounter on the opening day of the season.

The YGs batted first and were well placed at lunch with Andy Carson scoring 60 on debut and Geoff Barker 30. A mini collapse saw the home side slip from 98-1 to 111-5, but a rapid unbroken stand between Charlie Elliot, 68 not out and Phil Holland 29 not out allowed the YGs to declare on 213-5 after 42 overs. 

In reply, good bowling and loss of wickets at regular intervals meant Leeds University never really challenged the total. A draw looked the likely result until match manager Angus Fraser took the last wicket with the penultimate ball of the match to leave Leeds Uni 145 all out. Notable contributions Angus Fraser 3-53, Ryan Lockwood 2-10, Tom Conboy 2-24, and Bevan Fawcett 2-19

A great start to the season for the YGs

YG's AGM

The Annual AGM was once again held at Queen Margaret's School, Escrick on Wednesday 11th April. It was very well attended with just shy of 30 members enjoying the evening meal and pre season get together. This followed on from the formal business of the AGM. All club officials were duly re-elected to post with one notable exception.

Charles Glassey - 29 years Hon Treasurer

Charles Glassey has been the Honourable Treasurer of the club for the past 29 years. He tried once before to escape and was persuaded to return but he has finally decided to hang up his quill and who can blame him. The committee and indeed the whole club are indebted to him for all the work and dedication to his duties he has shown over the years. Few members of the club passed and present have held a post for so long. It sort of feels inadequate but as a club we wish to simply say Thank-you.

The committee are yet to fill the vacancy but wanted to put on record that the office of Hon Treasurer can be held for less than a quarter of a century!

Other key members of the club - especially Paul White and Nigel Bartram, were encouraged to break all club records.

Many other thanks were passed during the evening - notably to Dick Brewster who did a huge amount of work with the membership and running of the old website. Much of this new website has been based on the great work Dick did on the previous site. Dick moved away from the area last year and his duties have been taken over by other club members. Apologies to all other thanks given and not mentioned on this news page. They have been noted though.

The AGM concluded with an update on the MCC Law Changes by one of the Club's umpires; Bill Dalton. Some amusement was shown about the ability of some of our bowlers being able to meet the standards required to complete a full over.  

Warm weather and sunshine looks like it will arrive in the nick of time for the start of the season. So good luck to the club and here's for an enjoyable and successful summer ahead. 

2018 Fixture Card Now released

The 2018 Season Fixture Card has now been released. All members should receive a copy in the post shortly. You can download a pdf copy of the fixtures here. Fixtures 2018 Please inform match managers as soon as possible if you would like to play in a fixture

The new YG's website is nearly here

Yes we are going to have a new website. It's getting close so no one will see this post yet but rest assured we are working hard to create a visually more appealing and upto date site. The old website has done us proud and we have the YG stalwart Dick Brewster largely to thank for his efforts in keeping it going and adding so much information. He did a sterling job but last year moved away from the area and naturally passed on his responsibilities. We are in the process of extracting as much from the previous site as we can and this site will be regularly reassessed to improve and update where possible. Stay tuned. Official launch perhaps only 3 weeks away!

Working hard to finish the job and get ready for the start of the season