YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB ƉƌŝůϮϬϭϵ /^^hϭϰϮ dŚĞ&ŝƌƐƚĞŶƚƵƌLJŽĨƚŚĞϮϬϭϵ^ĞĂƐŽŶ͗ĚĂŵ>LJƚŚŝŶƚŚĞƚŽƵƌŵĂƚĐŚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ EŽƚƚƐŝŶ^ŽƵƚŚĨƌŝĐĂ PUBLISHED BY: YORKSHIRE CCC SOUTHERN GROUP ŽŶƚĞŶƚƐ͗ ĚŝƚŽƌŝĂůƉĂŐĞϮ ϮϬϭϵ ƉĂŐĞϯ ĂƚĞƐĨŽƌLJŽƵƌŝĂƌLJ ƉĂŐĞϱ EĞǁƐƉĂŐĞϭϭ zŽƌŬƐŚŝƌĞ'DZĞƉŽƌƚ ƉĂŐĞϭϯ EŽƌƚŚĂŶĚ^ŽƵƚŚ ƉĂŐĞϭϲ &ĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞzŽƌŬƐŚŝƌĞŵĂƚĐŚ ƉĂŐĞϭϴ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ'ƌŽƵƉEĞǁƐŝƐƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚďLJzŽƌŬƐŚŝƌĞ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ'ƌŽƵƉ WKŽdžϲϬϮϰ͕>ĞŝŐŚƚŽŶƵnjnjĂƌĚ͕>hϳϮ^ tĞďƐŝƚĞ͗ https://yorkshireccc.com/societies/yorkshire-southern-group ŵĂŝů͗[email protected] ůůĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚŝŽŶƐ ŽĨĨĞƌĞĚĨŽƌƉƵďůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞƐĞŶƚƚŽƚŚĞĚŝƚŽƌ͗ EĞĚ,Žůƚ͕ϭZLJĞǁŽƌƚŚZŽĂĚ͕ŚĂƌůƚŽŶ <ŝŶŐƐ͕ŚĞůƚĞŶŚĂŵ͕ '>ϱϮϲ>' ŵĂŝů͗ŶĞĚŚŽůƚϱϰΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ WAIVER While every effort is made by Yorkshire CCC Southern Group to ensure the accuracy and impartiality of articles in this publication, it should be appreciated that they may be based on, or contain, information provided by Third Party sources over which the Editor and YCCCSG have no control, and which may sometimes be out of date. ĚŝƚŽƌŝĂů͗ LJƚŚĞƚŝŵĞLJŽƵĂƌĞƌĞĂĚŝŶŐƚŚŝƐ͕zŽƌŬƐŚŝƌĞǁŝůůŚĂǀĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĐĞĚƚŚĞŝƌŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ŶLJƉƌĞĚŝĐƚŝŽŶƐĂƌĞƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞŚŝŐŚůLJĚĂŶŐĞƌŽƵƐ͕ƐĂǀĞĨŽƌƚŚŝƐ͗ǁĞƉƌŽďĂďůLJ ǁŽŶ͛ƚƐĞĞƚŚĞ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌŽĨŵŝĚͲDĂƌĐŚĂŐĂŝŶƵŶƚŝůƚŚĞ ŵŝĚĚůĞŽĨƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶĂƚďĞƐƚ͘ ^ƵĨĨŝĐĞ ŝƚ ƚŽ ƐĂLJƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ůŝŬĞůLJ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ƚƌĂŶƐŝƚŝŽŶĂů LJĞĂƌ͕ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůLJǁŝƚŚŽƵƚŚŽƉĞ͘^ŚŽƵůĚŽƵƌŶĞǁ͚ŬŽůƉĂŬ͛ďŽǁůĞƌƐĞƚƚůĞŝŶǁĞůů͕ƐŚŽƵůĚŽŶĞŽƌ ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ LJŽƵŶŐƐƚĞƌƐŵĂŬĞ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ͕ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉďĂƚƐŵĞŶƌĞĐĂƉƚƵƌĞƐŽŵĞĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶĐLJ͕ǁĞĐŽƵůĚƉĞƌŚĂƉƐĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞŽďǀŝŽƵƐƚŝƚůĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶĚĞƌƐ͘tĞƐŚĂůů ƐĞĞ͘&ŽƌƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ͕ǀĞƌLJďĞƐƚǁŝƐŚĞƐƚŽ DĂƌƚLJŶDŽdžŽŶ͕ŶĚƌĞǁ'ĂůĞ͕ĂŶĚƚŽƚŚĞŝƌĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐĂŶĚƉůĂLJŝŶŐƚĞĂŵƐ͘ /ƚǁŝůůďĞŐŽŽĚƚŽƐĞĞ:ŽĞZŽŽƚŝŶƚŚĞƐŝĚĞĨŽƌƚŚĞĨŝƌƐƚĐŽƵƉůĞŽĨŵĂƚĐŚĞƐ͘'ŝǀĞŶƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞŽĨƚŚĞŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƚŝŽŶĂůƐĞĂƐŽŶ͕ŽŶĞƉƌĞƐƵŵĞƐƚŚĂƚƚŚĂƚǁŝůůďĞƚŚĂƚ͘:ƵƐƚĂƐůŽŶŐ ĂƐĂůůĐŽƵŶƚŝĞƐĂƌĞƚƌĞĂƚĞĚŝŶƚŚĞƐĂŵĞǁĂLJ͕ƉůĞĂƐĞ͘ ƐĞĂƐŽŶŽĨĐŚĂŶŐĞŝƐďĞĨŽƌĞƵƐŝŶƐŽŵĂŶLJǁĂLJƐ͕ŶŽƚůĞĂƐƚĂƚ,ĞĂĚŝŶŐůĞLJ͕ǁŝƚŚƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚŝŽŶŽĨƚŚĞŵĂũŽƌŶĞǁƐƚĂŶĚ͕ĂŶĚǁŝƚŚĐĂƚĞƌŝŶŐƉƌŽĨŝƚƐƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚƚŽƚŚĞůƵď͘ dŚĞƐĞĂƌĞƚŚŝŶŐƐĂƚƚŚĞŚĞĂƌƚŽĨŽƵƌůŽŶŐƚĞƌŵĨŝŶĂŶĐŝĂůǁĞůůͲďĞŝŶŐ͕ĂƐĂǀŝĚtŽŽĚ͛Ɛ ƌĞƉŽƌƚŽŶƚŚĞ'DŵĂŬĞƐĐůĞĂƌ͘/ƚŝƐǁŝƚŚƉĂƌƚŝĐƵůĂƌƉůĞĂƐƵƌĞƚŚĂƚǁĞǁĞůĐŽŵĞƚŚĞ ĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŵĞŶƚŽĨ'ĞŽĨĨŽƉĞĂƐWƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͘,ĞŚĂƐůŽŶŐďĞĞŶĂƐƚƌŽŶŐƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌŽĨƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ'ƌŽƵƉ͕ĂƐƚŚŽƐĞŽĨLJŽƵǁŚŽŚĞĂƌĚŚŝŵĂĚĚƌĞƐƐŽƵƌĂŶŶƵĂůůƵŶĐŚůĂƐƚLJĞĂƌ ǁŝůůŬŶŽǁ͘dŚĞ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJŚĂƐƐĞŶƚŚŝŵĐŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƚŝŽŶƐŽŶŽƵƌďĞŚĂůĨ͘ &ŝŶĂůůLJ / ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ ƚŽ LJŽƵ ƚŚĞ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚďLJ:ƵŶĞ,ŝƌƐƚ͕ĐƵůŵŝŶĂƚŝŶŐŝŶƚŚĞŶŶƵĂů>ƵŶĐŚǁŚĞŶDĂƌƚLJŶDŽdžŽŶŚĂƐ ǀĞƌLJ ŬŝŶĚůLJ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽƵƌ ŐƵĞƐƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĐůƵĚĞ ďLJ ǁŝƐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞŶũŽLJĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵůƐĞĂƐŽŶƚŽĂůůŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůƚĂŬĞŽŶŝƚƐƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƚƐĨŽůůŽǁƐĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ sŝĐĞͲWƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͘ Last newsletter carried a promise to publish 2nd XI and Diamonds Fixtures this time, but as so many still lack final venues ± another product of the unique nature of this season perhaps ± we have not done so. 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