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Meeting 12 October - Dan Waddell - Field of Shadows

Cricket, Nazis and Sid Waddell! Quite a combination! Don't miss award-winning novelist, journalist and author Dan Waddell tell the remarkable tale of Felix Menzel, Maurice Jewell and the 1937 English cricket tour of Hitler's Germany ( more ...) An exiled Yorkshireman, born in Pudsey, Dan's other cricket books include The Test Match Special Quiz Book and The Wit and Wisdom of Test Match Special . And in his memoir We Had Some Laughs:My Dad, the Darts and Me , recently longlisted for the world's richest sports book prize, the William Hill Sports Book of the Year , Dan describes growing up with his father Sid, TV's inimitable 'voice of darts'. Meet Dan Waddell and bag a signed copy - all titles available to buy on the night. Shop early for Xmas! Watch Dan here . Read more here . Coming up ... Dean Allen, YCCC 1st XI stars , John Abrahams, Angus Fraser , John Holder All welcome! Just £15 a year - join at any meeting / £5 - on door ...

Angus Fraser tops bill in 2016-17

Angus 'Gus' Fraser - ex-England paceman, Test selector, Middlesex CCC Director of Cricket and Sky pundit - tops an exciting East Riding Cricket Society line-up next winter. Joining Gus in the convivial surroundings of the Brewery Bar, King William IV, Cottingham HU16 4BD will be retired Test match umpire and Test Match Special regular John Holder , ex-Lancashire captain and current England Under-19 Operations Manager John Abrahams , author Dan Waddell (son of legendary darts commentator Sid), and sports historian Dean Allen . Five top speakers - plus a Yorkshire CCC special with First XI stars, Chief Exec Mark Arthur and the chance to win a signed 2015 Champions bat - all for just £15 a year . Everyone welcome! Join at any meeting. For more information : email ercsoc@gmail.com or call Maggie Sumner (Secretary) on 01482 861848 . YCCC' s Will Rhodes & Jack Leaning, December 2015 PROGRAMME 2016-17 12 October - Dan Waddell , author of We Had Some Laug...