Sheffield Cricket Lovers' Year Book 2014

24 Sheffield Cricket Lovers’ Society Monday 11th February A Pie & Pea Supper evening with guest Jason Gillespie, Yorkshire CCC Senior coach. After a pleasant meal members had the opportunity to question Jason on his approach as Senior Coach and in particular to hear his views on the playing staff . He was very forthright in his observations and left us in no doubt that we could look forward to a more dedicated approach in all forms of the game in the coming season. He praised Paul Farbrace for his contribution in coaching the Second XI and felt that there was significant talent in the club to cover for the likely absence on England duties of Joe Root , Jonny Bairstow and Tim Bresnan. A super supper and a super evening ; thanks for being with us Dizzie! Monday 25th February Peter Willey, ex Northamptonshire, Eastern Province and Leicestershire joined us for a Question and Answer evening. Peter, with 26 Tests under his belt and over 550 first class games, retired from all forms of cricket at the end of the 1991 season. He started to umpire first class matches the following season and by the 1996 season he was on the Test Umpires list. Peter answered all members’ questions with humour and demonstrated his wide knowledge of the game and passed on some very amusing anecdotes. In answer to a question as to why he was no longer a member of the International panel of Umpires Peter explained that he became tired of the constant travelling and wished to spend more time with his family. A very honest and open character who gave us a very entertaining evening. Wednesday 13th March Another opportunity for the quiz experts in our midst to demonstrate their knowledge on a wide range of subjects carefully chosen by Quiz Master Richard Scholey and his talented assistant Ian Wyleman. The competition between the 8 tables was quite intense and some of the ‘nearly’ The Indoor Season... ...continued twitter: @scloverssociety