The Twelfth Man 2014

! 11 spontaneous%applause%from%the%congregation.% % I%recall%him%scoring%2%centuries%when%he%was% 14%years%old%for%our%second%%%%%eleven%and% when%Geoffrey%brought%a%strong%Yorkshire%Xl% for%a%benefit%match%at%the%Boot%&%Shoe% ground.%He%hit%Don%Wilson%for%three%6’s.%Many% memories%were%exchanged%at%The%Frog%&% Moose%when%the%family%returned%from% Pontefract%Crematorium.% His%love%of%and%for%his%family%was%so%important% to%him%throughout%his%life%and%especially% through%his%battle%with%cancer%in%2005%and% recently%his%severe%stroke%in%October%2013.% Graham%first%played%for%Yorkshire%in%1973,%his% last%season%being%1986,%playing%177%firstHclass% matches%and%216%limitedHovers%games.%He% played%Test%and%oneHday%matches%for%the% Country,%visiting%Australia,%West%Indies%and% India.%A%fine%fast%bowler,%Jim%Love%spoke%of% the%game%at%Headingley%when%after%taking%the% first%8%wickets,%rather%than%hanging%on%for%an% ‘AllHTen’,%he%asked%permission%to%leave%the% field%and%change%his%shirt.%Most%fans% remember%the%match%against%Warwickshire% when,%batting%at%No%11,%Stevenson%joined% Geoffrey%with%Yorkshire%in%trouble%and%scored% 115%not%out,%setting%a%record%last%wicket% partnership%of%149.%% Prolific: Stevenson spent 13 years with Yorkshire, taking 18 five-wicket hauls in 188 First Class appearances ! FLASHBACK 25 years ago – 1989 Words&by&Mick&Pope& Lancashire’s%Jack%Simmons%formed%the%main%tribute%feature%in%the%pages%of%the%1989% Twelfth(Man % publication.%It%was%to%be%the%last%compiled%by%Society%stalwart%John%Featherstone%in%his%reign%as%Editor.% Worcestershire’s%Graeme%Hick%was%the%Society’s%Young%Cricketer%of%the%Year%and%Nottinghamshire’s%West% Indian%bowler,%Franklyn%Stephenson,%was%Wombwell’s%Cricketer%of%the%Year.%The%then%relatively%unknown% names%of%Richard%Kettleborough%and%Michael%Vaughan%won%annual%Society%awards%to%local%young%players.% Speakers%across%1988H89%included%Warwickshire’s%Andy%Lloyd,%Ronnie%Burnet,%Arnie%Sidebottom,%Rev% Andrew%WingfieldHDigby,%Bryan%Stott,%Phil%Neal%and%David%Leatherdale%from%Worcestershire%and%County% evenings%with%Lancashire,%Surrey,%Notts,%Northamptonshire%and%Derbyshire.%The%Spring%Dinner%at%Ardsley% House%welcomed%over%180%friends%and%members%and%was%a%joint%tribute%to%the%achievements%of%Geoffrey% Boycott%and%Dickie%Bird.%