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...

'A hell of a ride, and good fun' ( Jack Brooks , ERCS meeting, 25 November 2024). Well, Jack delivered a talk as fluently and directly as he always bowled – straight and to the point. He played for three counties: Northants, Yorkshire and Somerset. His best result was his first and only first-class 100 at Old Trafford. As a latecomer to professional cricket, he played the game as he would wish to watch it. He didn’t view it as a 'real' job (he’d had one of those) but as having fun with his mates. After a trial with Surrey came to nothing, he answered a call to open trials with Northants. In his first match he took 6 for 90, scored some runs and thought it would bring him a one-year contract. Instead he was offered four years, and his highlight was opening the bowling against Australia as part of their pre-Test warm-ups. He did a Lions tour and roomed with Jonnie Bairstow. While various counties tried to get him after that, Yorkshire's offer seemed quirky enough to ...