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Post by byased on May 4, 2024 22:43:04 GMT
Popped in to watch the last hour or so of the first league match for Worfield against Coventry in the Birmingham League. Low scoring game which Worfield won by three wickets. Will Rhodes, after scoring a lot of runs for Warwickshire, was out for a duck. My grandson had apparently kept very well, with three victims, and got the highest score in the match, so a pleasant late afternoon watching him bat, and then a struggle to get over the line for victory by the late order . Wolves on TV in the bar losing 5-1 made it even better.
Had a chat with Will Rhodes, nice bloke. No excuses for his duck were offered. I thought he was a Yorkshireman, but he said his parents were from Nottingham, and he certainly had no noticeable accent of any type.
I thought his parents may have named him after Wilfred, but not the case.
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Post by hawke on May 5, 2024 9:29:13 GMT
Popped in to watch the last hour or so of the first league match for Worfield against Coventry in the Birmingham League. Low scoring game which Worfield won by three wickets. Will Rhodes, after scoring a lot of runs for Warwickshire, was out for a duck. My grandson had apparently kept very well, with three victims, and got the highest score in the match, so a pleasant late afternoon watching him bat, and then a struggle to get over the line for victory by the late order . Wolves on TV in the bar losing 5-1 made it even better. Had a chat with Will Rhodes, nice bloke. No excuses for his duck were offered. I thought he was a Yorkshireman, but he said his parents were from Nottingham, and he certainly had no noticeable accent of any type. I thought his parents may have named him after Wilfred, but not the case. very interesting post byased good luck to your grandson as for Will Rhodes, he was born in Nottingham and moved to Yorkshire with his family when he was a child. so rather like Michael Vaughan they actually moved to Cottingham…..near Hull… where I lived from 8yo to 18yo…..and we both started at Cottingham CC but 40 or so years apart. (we moved there from Leeds) like Gareth Batty and Surrey, Will R will have strong loyalties to his adopted county especially as they will think YCCC did not sufficiently trust in their abilities..at least that is my take on it… Like Kohler Cadmore, Rhodes has a brother who plays a good standard of league cricket (KC moved to East Yorkshire, Hornsea I think, as a child with his family from Kent, I’m sure that’s right…and was pinched by Worcs CCC with a scholarship to Malvern. cheap trick in my opinion. circumventing accepted protocol). well Hornsea to Headingley for training is a long way I suppose .hmmmm Sedbergh has come to be useful I also suppose, Hill. Brook, Revis. though I was told Sedbergh do not have an agreement with YCCC . mind you with Lancs playing at Sedbergh maybe that is a risk! ha, a familiar hobby horse of mine
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Post by byased on May 27, 2024 10:57:35 GMT
You tube facility now on for most Birmingham league games it would seem. The coverage and stats etc equally as good as the county ones. No commentary , but that is possibly an improvement. I was going to watch an hour or two of my grandsons game at Kidderminster on Saturday, but the option to watch on You Tube and do other things as well made more sense. I suspect that a lot of county cricket followers take the same view, which is not good for attendances. Kidderminster have Pat Brown playing, he left Worcester for Derby, but presumably not for the four day games. My grandson stuck it out for 12 overs in tricky conditions, but Brown got him and the other opener in quick succession. Kidderminster won by four wickets in the end, Joe did get three catches behind the wicket to cheer him up a bit. Kidderminster has been used by Worcester so far this season. It is not a bad ground, but looks a bit tired these days. Meanwhile at New Road , the slightest drop of rain is causing problems. I wonder how long they can go on playing there ?
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