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East Riding Cricket Society: 'Golden Jubilee' Programme

Dickie Bird , Ashley Giles and Richard Pyrah are just three of the star speakers helping to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of East Riding Cricket Society in 2015/16. Legendary Test umpire Dickie Bird is the current President of Yorkshire CCC, 2005 Ashes winner Ashley Giles is a former England 1-Day coach and now Head Coach of T20 Blast winners Lancashire CCC, while Yorkshire all-rounder Richard Pyrah is enjoying a well-deserved benefit in 2015. Other treats include our Champions' Evening , giving members and guests the chance to celebrate Yorkshire CCC 's 2015 Championship victory with CEO Mark Arthur and 1st XI players; Graham Relton of the Yorkshire Film Archive will present fascinating rare footage covering over a century of Yorkshire cricket; finally, Grahame Lloyd will reveal the intriguing saga of the ball hit for 'Six Sixes' by Garry Sobers at Swansea in 1967. All welcome! Join at any meeting. Only £15 a year. £5 on door. Venue : Brewery Bar

Meeting 11 March 2015 - Chris Waters & Sidney Fielden

East Riding Cricket Society welcomes Yorkshire Post cricket correspondent and award-winning author Chris Waters (left) and ex-YCCC Committee man Sidney Fielden (right) to talk about the great Yorkshire left-arm spinner Hedley Verity . Chris's first book, Fred Trueman: The Authorised Biography was the 2012 Wisden Book of the Year, the MCC/Cricket Society Book of the Year and the British Sports Book Awards Cricket Book of the Year. Now in Ten for Ten: Hedley Verity and the Story of Cricket's Greatest Bowling Feat , Chris turns his attention to one of Yorkshire and England's finest cricketers. At Headingley against Nottinghamshire in 1932, Hedley Verity returned the staggering figures of 10 for 10 - still the world record - and Chris narrates the story of this amazing game in relation to a wider career cut tragically short by the Second World War. Between 1930 and 1939 Hedley took 1,956 wickets at an average of just 14.90. He was chiefly responsible for E

Meeting 11 February - ECB Anti-Corruption Unit

An evening with a difference! Ex-Metropolitan Police officers Chris Watts & Steve Richardson of the ECB Anti-Corruption Unit will give a fascinating insight into the efforts being made to eliminate corruption from cricket. Chris & Steve will also show the video made in cooperation with convicted Essex player Mervyn Westfield, now watched by all first-class players in the ECB's efforts to stamp out future acts of corruption. While the Unit operates a confidential anti-corruption hotline, it is by no means a covert operation and its small team tries to be seen at as many matches as possible around the year. Venue : Brewery Bar, King William IV , Hallgate, Cottingham HU16 4BD, 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Prize raffle : £2/ticket - prizes include free tickets to watch Yorkshire CCC at Headingley in 2015 . Everyone welcome: join at any meeting - £15 a year; £5 on door. For more information contact ercsoc@gmail.com or phone Maggie Sumner ( 01482 8