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 ]

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