EAST RIDING CRICKET SOCIETY

Stephen Mann , Chairman of the Yorkshire CCC Members' Committee , will be speaking at East Riding Cricket Society on Wednesday 8 January 2014 . Stephen was born, raised and educated in the West Riding. He watched his first county cricket at Bradford Park Avenue in the early 60's and made his first visit to Headingley with a school party for the 1962 Test against Pakistan, watching Trueman and Statham - and 2012 speaker Micky Stewart - take on the likes of Mushtaq and Hanif Mohammed. His playing days were spent in the Heavy Woollen leagues and in village cricket during a spell living in Scotland. Stephen joined the YCCC Members' Committee in 2005 and became Chairman that same year at only his second meeting. The Members' Committee represents members' interests to Yorkshire CCC and conducts a number of surgeries and open forums during the year. What's your experience of watching county cricket? What can Yorkshire and the ECB do to improve it? How can Yorks

Ex Yorkshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire middle-order batsman John Sadler will be speaking at East Riding Cricket Society on Wednesday 11 December 2013 . Dewsbury-born John played alongside current Ashes stars James Anderson, Matt Prior, Ian Bell, Monty Panesar and Chris Tremlett at England Under-19 level, as well as Tim Bresnan, Andrew Gale and Michael Lumb with Yorkshire Seconds. He twice won the Twenty/20 trophy with Leicestershire in 2004 and 2006 and now captains Hoylandswaine in the Drakes Huddersfield Premier League. John is also a qualified ECB Level 3 coach, currently studying for his Level 4 and running his own business John Sadler Cricket , based at Ossett CC. Come and meet John at Humberside Police Sports Club, Inglemire Lane, Hull, HU6 8LE. 7.30 for 7.45pm. Prize raffle £2 with a chance to win vouchers for free tickets to watch Yorkshire at Headingley in 2014. Non-members always very welcome, £5 . For further information telephone Michael Hardwick on 01482 86

Ex England and Warwickshire captain M.J.K. Smith will be our speaker on Wednesday 13 November. Captain of England in half of his fifty tests, including successive tours of India, South Africa and Australia in the mid-60s, Mike was later an England tour manager and international match referee. He is also England's last d ouble international, playing one match at fly half for England RU against Wales in 1956. His eagerly anticipated biography M.J.K. Smith: No Ordinary Man by Douglas Miller was released earlier this year. 'Mike is speaking all over the country this autumn and we're thrilled we can bring him to Hull,' said chairman Michael Hardwick. 'We're looking forward to a cracking evening.' Mike will speaking at Humberside Police Sports Club, Inglemire Lane, Hull HU6 8LE, 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Raffle prizes including vouchers for free tickets to watch Yorkshire at Headingley in 2014. Guests always very welcome - £5.

Aussie Test bowler and current Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie is just one of the star names lined up for the East Riding Cricket Society this winter. Alongside Gillespie will be England captain MJK Smith , Yorkshire opener Matthew Wood , YCCC Members' Committee chair, Stephen Mann and award-winning journalist Graham Hardcastle - cricket correspondent of the Telegraph and Argus and York Evening Press - who opens the batting on Wednesday 9 October. Members old and new are welcome to our monthly meetings at Humberside Police Sports Club, Inglemire Lane, Hull HU6 8LE, 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Membership costs just £15 a year, a single meeting £5. For more information telephone chairman Michael Hardwick on 01482 861228 or follow us on Twitter. Please note our 2013 AGM will be held prior to this meeting at 7.15pm.  An invitation to spend the winter Down Under means that Andrew Gale will be unable to join us as planned on 11 December and now hopes to visit the society at

Umpires Mullaney, Smith, Foster & Coward The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was not the only event of note in 1953. Congratulations also go to the East Riding Cricket Umpires & Scorers Association which is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee this year with a number of events throughout the summer. Today sees the opening of an exhibition on the history of the association at Hull History Centre, with cartoons, poetry, biographies, photographs and a range of cricketing artefacts on display. The exhibition is on until 29 July and the treasurer of ERCUSA, Michael Free, has produced an illustrated book to accompany it. With a foreword by Dickie Bird, it expands on the written material on display and gives an interesting insight into some of the characters who have umpired local cricket! Next Sunday 14 July sees a charity cricket match at Hull CC's Chanterlands Avenue ground, when an Umpires XI will take on an Invitation XI made up of cricketers from the local leagues. A raff