Members of two local cricket teams are holding a fund raising dinner for The Godber Foundation, a charity they recently formed in honour of Ashley Godber.
Mr. Godber, a former chairman of Cherry Burton Cricket Club sadly died in a road accident en route to play for his beloved club Cherry Burton in May 2017.
Not a lot you would think, however 12 members of Cherry Burton Cricket Club will take their first steps into the ring to take part in a fundraising event to improve the facilities at their cricket ground.
Cherry Burton CC lost out to Hessle CC 3rd XI by 4 wickets. Star man for Cherry was Matt Jenkins, who made 80 before a dubious decision saw him sent back to the pavilion. Jenkins was given out, though the batsman insisted it was bump ball, a ball that has bounced after the being hit, before being caught and that he should have be allowed to continue with his innings….
Cherry Burton’s tail-enders came to the rescue in a thriller of a game at Dalton Home CC. Played out in the majestic greenery of the Dalton Park estate, it looked like the visitors had done enough as they restricted Dalton to just 103 on what was deemed to be a good wicket for the batsmen. But the home side had other ideas. Despite a sound start for Cherry Burton –…
Cherry Burton CC beat John Good by 30 runs in thier Tuesday night 20/20 league fixture. Batting First Cherry Burton set the visitors a target of 136 from their 20 over’s. Cherry were equally impressive with the ball with Richard Salisbury, George Holland, Sam Sharpe and Stew Scott all picked up wickets to secure the win. Stew Scott said “We are very pleased with the performance from a very young…
Beverley Planning and Cherry Burton enjoyed a good-natured friendly match at Hodgsons this week. This wasn’t to say the cricket wasn’t competitive – it certainly was – but played in a relaxed atmosphere at a nice venue, it was yet another example of local facilities being enjoyed by the teams in the increasingly pleasant summer weather. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to…
Beverley cricketer Ashley Godber has revealed the secret behind his remarkable 10-wicket haul – a two week, self-imposed alcohol ban. Ashley, 40, of Megson Way, Beverley, joined a select band of bowlers when he took a magnificent 10 for 12 for Cherry Burton CC against Newport 2nds in Division Two of the East Riding Independent League. And whether it was co-incidence or not, Ashley, the advertising director of Adrenaline Advertising,…