EAST RIDING CRICKET SOCIETY

Enjoy six winter meetings at Beverley Town CC  – 7.15pm for 7.30pm  –  all are welcome  – join at any meeting –  membership  £20  | guest  £7 –    27 Oct STEPHEN CHALKE  on BRIAN CLOSE  |  24 Nov OLIVER HANNON-DALBY  |  4 Dec HARRY PEARSON | 23 Mar ANDY MOLES | January and February dates tbc | To find out more please email: ercsoc AT gmail DOT com Recent guests include:  James Taylor  [report]  |  Kevin Howells [report]  |  Mark Ramprakash MBE [ report ] |  Geoff Cook  [ report ] |  Jack Brooks [ report ] |   Jeremy Lonsdale on Bill Bowes [ report ]  |  Pat Murphy [ report ] | Dr Jane Powell [ report ] | Kevin Sharp [ report ] | John Barclay [ report ] | Jeremy Lonsdale [ report ] | Dean Headley [ report ] | Barry Richards [ report ] | Vic Marks [ report ] | James Carr [ report ] | Graham Onions [ report ] | Chris O'Brien on Neville C...

  We had the distinct pleasure of two guests tonight as Mr Geoff Cook brought along his – and our – good friend Pat Murphy. As player, coach and administrator, Geoff is one of the most significant figures in English cricket in the last forty years. Born in Middlesbrough, he always played as much cricket as he could and started his career in Northants, where his second-wicket partnership with Robin Boyd-Moss remains a record. Geoff also holds the Northants appearance record, playing for the club 774 times (1971–90) and captaining the side from 1981 to 1988. He was a long-serving secretary and chair of the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA), and played in a handful of Tests and ODIs (1981–83). In 1991 he took up a role as Director of Cricket at Durham, shortly before the club achieved first-class status in 1992. Then as Head Coach (2006–13), he led the county to a Friends Provident Trophy (2007) and three championship wins (2008, 2009 and 2013) – successes gained lar...