EAST RIDING CRICKET SOCIETY

Join us for six winter meetings a year at Beverley Town CC – 7.30 for 7.45pm . Join at any meeting £15 | visitor £5 . Coming up : Mon 11 Nov, Jeremy Lonsdale on Bill Bowes ; Mon 25 Nov, Jack Brooks (Yorkshire, Northants & Somerset); Mon 9 Dec, Geoff Cook (England & Northants, Durham Director of Cricket. More speakers tbc ... Everyone welcome - no dress code, no formalities, just a great evening talking cricket .  To find out more please email: ercsoc AT gmail DOT com Recent guests include: 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 Cardus [ report ], Paul Farbrace [ report ], Kevin Howells [ report ]

A quick snow flurry seemed to have only minor impact on our November 2023 meeting , which included our now celebrated AGM – famed that is for its brevity. Our chairman offered due thanks to Maggie , Ian and Brian for their work , and all the officers were re-elected unopposed.  Maggie outlined our past and future speakers before Brian commented on the accounts , which covered a three-year period from October 2020 to September 2023.  We made a small profit over this period and our finances are strong.   After falling from a high of c.100 in March 2020, our numbers are growing steadily, with a warm welcome extended to many recent new members.  Our successful raffle makes a vital contribution , while our first all-pay summer special, with Barry Richards , raised our profile and paid for itself . Then we were into the meat of the evening with Jeremy Lonsdale – historian, author and deputy editor of the quarterly County Cricket Matters .  Although resident in Maidstone , Jer