Radio 4s Open Country
In this season of the Ashes, Open Country gets back to grassroots cricket and visits a keenly fought match with local pride at stake. Thurstonland Cricket Club is perched on a hill near Holmfirth, West Yorkshire in Last of the Summer Wine country. The handsome cricket pitch is bordered by a whitewashed stonewall, which acts as a sightscreen, an Edwardian pavilion and the sound of leather on willow is interspersed by the bleating of sheep and crowing of a cockerel. In front of a crowd of 30 people, drawn from a village of 200 people, Thurstonland take on Flockton, a nearby pit village, in a cup match.
Thurstonland Cricket Club
Jul 2, 2005
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