Chatterbox 0612 - Rotary Club of Belper
Chatterbox 0612 - Rotary Club of Belper
Chatterbox 0612 - Rotary Club of Belper
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Meeting - 18th June<br />
Visit to the<br />
County Cricket<br />
Ground, Derby<br />
I t was good to do something different<br />
for a <strong>Club</strong> meeting and visit the<br />
county ground to see Derbyshire play<br />
Yorkshire in their Friends Life t20 match.<br />
The Derby Falcons were unbeaten in the<br />
competition and lead the county championship<br />
table but things did not go too well on a<br />
fine but cool evening.<br />
We had a wonderful view <strong>of</strong> the play<br />
on the new stand at the racecourse end <strong>of</strong> the<br />
ground and there was a good atmosphere in<br />
the ground and expectations were high. Yorkshire<br />
went in to bat and made a par score <strong>of</strong> 150<br />
with some good contributions from Gale, Root and<br />
Ballance who was at one time an Academy player at<br />
Derby. The ex Yorkshire bowler Wainwright was the<br />
pick <strong>of</strong> the Derbyshire bowlers taking two wickets for<br />
14 runs without a boundary being scored <strong>of</strong>f him.<br />
Derbyshire made a good start to their innings with Durston and Khawaja<br />
adding 43 for the first wicket in just 5.4 overs and seemed to be cruising to victory<br />
but then wickets fell in quick succession with no Derbyshire batsman being able to<br />
make a winning contribution. The Yorkshire bowling held the Derbyshire Falcons in<br />
a tight grip and they could not break clear and disappointingly fell 41 runs short <strong>of</strong><br />
the Yorkshire total.<br />
Thirteen members and guests attended the evening and all appeared to<br />
enjoy the occasion and a big thank you to John Frankland for organising the evening<br />
and getting us all together in the stand so that we could chat together during the<br />
play.<br />
Hopefully during this scatter week for the <strong>Club</strong>, members were able to<br />
visit other <strong>Club</strong>s and give our best wishes.<br />
David Harris<br />
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