Captain White sticks ground hopping adventures

 at gorse lane, home of grantham cc for day 2 of this minor counties eastern division clash between lincolnshire and northumberland.  lincs are 2nd after 3 games, 16 points behind leaders staffordshire with suffolk a point back in 3rd.  northumberland are struddling and are 2nd from bottom.  i arrive with northumberland on 153 for 6  in reply to lincs 370 for 5 declared, in which jack timby top scored with 124, danniel freeman weighing in with 110.  karl wilson 59 and joseph kendal 41. to give you some background, the minor counties championship has an eastern and western division, both have ten teams, with the winner of each division playing off to decide the championship.  matches are 3 day affairs but 120 overs is bowled, and an innings can only last 90 overs.  phil mustard is donning the gloves for northumberland. each team however only plays 6 games due to the to work conmitments of the players stumps here at gorse lane and its all set for a fascinating final day.  lincs close on

 at  penpole lane, for w e p l bristol and north somerset division mid table clash between twyford house, 5th vs brizlington, one point above them in 4th.  promotion looks beyond the realms of possibility for both, as run away leaders winterbourne are 23 points clear at the summit.  shire hampton vs nailsea is going on  just across the way, so a chance of a cricket double header today in the bristol sunshine.  twyford batting first. opponents brizlington are celebrating their 150th year in existance this year, and there are many events going on at iron mold lane to to commemorate this fabulous achievement.  somerset have played at briz's ground twice and were featured in a televised john player league sunday game in 1970 vs yorkshire.

 at a bright and breezy bradford road, for this bradford league 2nd division clash between wrenthorpe, 2nd, vs gommersall, 6th.  a mere 24 points separate the top 3 of undercliffe, the hosts, and morley.  wrenthorpe have adjusted well to life in the bradford league following  the competition's restructure 2 years ago which saw the them transfer from the now defunked central yorkshire cricket league, whilst gomersall sit in the classic mid table comfort zone.  home team batting first following a delayed start on a quirky characterful ground close to wakefield.  on a green top, this could be an exciting low scoring and close encounter. at the half way stage here at bragg lane, rather than bradford road, and wrenthorpe close on 199 for 4.  they were 27 for 3, but a tremendous partnership between numbers 4 and 5 who scored 77 and 68 respectively prepelled them to a respectable score .      their innings had a  one and a half hour's break following a hefty dowm poor, meaning that go