EAST RIDING CRICKET SOCIETY

Enjoy six winter meetings a year at Beverley Town CC | 7.15 for 7.30pm . Everyone welcome : join at any meeting. Membership: £15 | guest £5 . Mon 20 Jan , Mark Ramprakash (England, Middlesex & Surrey); 9 Dec, Geoff Cook (England, Northants & Durham; Mon 25 Nov, Jack Brooks (Yorks, Northants & Somerset) [ report ]; 11 Nov, Jeremy Lonsdale on Bill Bowes [ report ]. More speakers tbc ... 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 ] |

Despite an icy night an excellent crowd of 56 members braved the chill on Thursday 18 January to listen Kevin Sharp – Yorkshire CCC (1976–90) and Head Coach of  Worcestershire CCC (2018–22) . A Leeds lad through and through – born in Meanwood – Kevin is now returning to Yorkshire after a 46-year playing and coaching career with Yorkshire CCC and Worcestershire CCC. And as a keen hill-walker, he'll be picking his spot with care.  He warned us early on that he wasn't 'as funny as John Barclay', but he did have one non-Barclayan trick up his sleeve – of which more later. The Yorkshire dressing-room of the 1970s was a rather formidable place to a nervous 16-year-old. Turning up on Day One in jeans and T-shirt did not impress a certain Mr Boycott, who immediately sent him home to change! However, Kevin soon learned how to become a Yorkshire player and enjoyed his playing days. He admits that he never achieved his full potential on the field but on retir...