The Twelfth Man 2015

7 E.H.Umbers Services to Yorkshire Cricket Ralph Middlebrook Jack Fingleton Cricket Commentator of the Year Graeme Swann Brian Sellers County Captain of the Year Andrew Gale (Yorkshire) C.B.Fry Young Cricketer of the Year Alex Lees (Yorkshire) George Spofforth Cricketer of the Year Adam Lyth (Yorkshire) Denis Compton Memorial Award for Flair Jack Brooks (Yorkshire) Les Bailey Promising Young Yorkshire Player Will Rhodes Learie Constantine Fielder of the Year Adam Lyth (Yorkshire) Arthur Wood Wicket-keeper of the Year Mark Wallace (Glamorgan) J.M.Kilburn Cricket Writer of the Year Chris Waters Denzil Batchelor Award – Services to English Cricket Charlotte Edwards Dr Leslie Taylor Award – Best Performance in Yorkshire/Lancashire Matches Adam Lyth (Yorkshire) 2014 Annual Awards Looking Back… Mick Pope dips into the WCLS archives for 1964/65 to recall events 50 years ago The 1965 Twelfth Man magazine (No.12) cost just 3/- and reflected on another busy winter of events at Wombwell. Business at the AGM in September 1964 must have been swiftly concluded as Basil D’Oliviera was waiting to talk to Society members. He proved “a charming visitor” according to the The Twelfth Man reviewer. The October annual dinner brought writer, Denzil Batchelor, and former Derbyshire and England leg-spin bowler, Tommy Mitchell, to Barnsley and in a bustling November there were visits from Brian Sellers, a contingent from Warwickshire (Leslie Deakins, Jack Bannister and Alan Smith) and Sussex’s Alan Oakman. The New Year welcomed ex-Derbyshire skipper Guy Willatt, Surrey and England’s Micky Stewart, BBC’s Robert Hudson and Geoff Boycott. Into March with a trio of Yorkshire players – John Hampshire, Mel Ryan and Jimmy Binks, from Glamorgan Peter Walker and Hamish Miller. Into April and more guests – Brian Bolus, Mike Brearley, A.A.Thomson and Arthur Booth – to round off what must have been an exhausting programme! The Secretary’s frantic letter writing brought greetings and messages back from members throughout the cricketing world, as Jack Sokell spread the news of WCLS far and wide in those long ago days before Twitter and Facebook.