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Gerard Brophy: Blow to his hand caused umpires to suspend play

A blow to Yorkshire wicket-keeper/batsman Gerard Brophy’s glove brought the suspension and then abandonment of Yorkshire’s Second Eleven Trophy match against Derbyshire at Marske-by-the-Sea. One point to each side.

It rained heavily the day before. Water got under the covers and left a damp patch which was believed to have mostly dried out between the covers being taken off and the captains and umpires meeting in the middle for the toss and agreeing to start play.

Yorkshire opted to bat...but once their innings started balls pitching on the damp patch misbehaved. Some kept low, and others bounced lethally at the batsmen’s body. Joe Sayers fended off one such delivery, only to be caught behind, and Brophy threw down his bat down as he was rapped heavily on the gloves.

This was the delivery that caused the umpires to suspend play at Windy Hill Lane after eight overs and, after inspecting the wicket 45 minutes later, to abandon the match, deeming the pitch too dangerous.

It was a great shame for the host club, who had put a lot of effort into promoting the match and generating interest. Let us hope we do not have to wait another 12 seasons before the Seconds return to Marske.

Second XI Trophy Yorkshire v Derbyshire

Monday, June 13 2011 (12:00) at Windy Hill Lane, Marske-by-the-Sea

Abandoned

Yorkshire won toss and decided to bat

Yorkshire	Derbyshire
22 for 1 Abandon (8.0 overs)	0 for 0 (0.0 overs)
31 Minutes.	0 Minutes.

Yorkshire

Batsman			Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
JE Root	not out		12	18	31	2	0	66.67
JJ Sayers	c Poynton	b Palladino	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
GL Brophy+	not out		8	26	25	1	0	30.77
AZ Lees
LJ Hodgson
Azeem Rafiq
GS Randhawa
BW Sanderson
MA Ashraf
OJ Hannon-Dalby
JAR Blain*
Extras	0b 0lb 2w 0nb 0pen		2
Provisional Score For Innings			22
Penalties awarded following Innings			0
Total			22	for 1

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Wd	Nb	S/r	Econ
MHA Footitt	4.0	0	8	0	2 (2)	0 (0)	0.00	2.00
AP Palladino	4.0	0	14	1	0 (0)	0 (0)	24.00	3.50

Batsman	Fall of Wicket	Partnership	Batsmen	Over
JJ Sayers	1-2	2	JJ Sayers (0) JE Root (2)	1.2

Derbyshire

Batsman		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S/r
MS Lineker
PM Borrington
K Turner
T Poynton+
AL Hughes
SSW Liburd
J Needham*
P Burgoyne
AP Palladino
ML Turner
MHA Footitt
Extras	0b 0lb 0w 0nb 0pen	0
Provisional Score For Innings		0
Penalties awarded following Innings		0
Total		0	for 0