Ravenscar XI vs Scarborough Beckett League Women's XI

Jon Stokoe shares news of a new women’s changing room at Ravenscar Cricket Club with an unveiling that included a cricket match on the North Yorkshire coast.

Ravenscar Cricket Club held a special game on Saturday 7 September. It was to celebrate the opening of a newly built women’s changing room. The game was a Ravenscar XI against a women’s team selected from various clubs in the Scarborough Beckett Cricket League.

The women’s changing room, one of very few in the local area, was built by club members with funds provided by Mr Malcolm Oddy.

Mr Oddy, who now lives in Ulverston, was born in Scarborough and regularly visited his grandmother in Ravenscar. He has fond memories of watching Ravenscar play cricket.

The game was 20 overs per innings with Ravenscar batting first. Each batter was in for a maximum of four overs ensuring all members of both teams had time at the crease. Several of the women had never played hard ball cricket before and were keen to experience that.

Ravenscar scored 106. The League Women’s XI replied with a score of 68 with each of the Ravenscar players bowling two overs.

The match was great fun, lively, action-packed and played with great humour and sporting spirit on both sides. At the end of the game, Ravenscar Club provided an excellent tea which was enjoyed both by the teams, their friends, family and those from the local community.

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Thanks to Jon for that news from Ravenscar; as there are more women and girls’ teams across Yorkshire, so too is the need for the proper facilities. That’s more catered for in new building projects but is also a case of adapting grounds and buildings at clubs.

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