Heavy rain prevents any play - 3rd and 4th Days
Heavy overnight rain over the whole country, not just the county prevented any play at The Rose Bowl, on the third day of the Frizzell County Championship match between Hampshire and Yorkshire.
Vic Isaacs
02-May-2003
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Busy groundstaff |
Most of the heavy stuff fell during the night and it wasn't until early morning that it abated.
Umpires Tony Clarkson and George Sharp decided to look after lunch, and then again at 4:00pm after the tea interval, but despite all the excellent efforts of Nigel Gray and his ground staff, further storm clouds arrived at around 3:00pm, and the covers arrived just in time for the umpires to send everyone home.
Yorkshire in the ascendancy in the match will be the more disappointed at the day's inactivity, with a large party from the Yorkshire Southern Group being well dined in the Rose Bowl's excellent pavilion, also leaving for home well fed, but without seeing a ball bowled in anger.
More heavy rain on Friday/Saturday night, some of storm force made play on the fourth day impossible, with captains Anthony McGrath and John Crawley both agreeing to the abandonement by 10:30am, despite the fact that the sun was shining and may have bemused the smattering of spectators who had arrived.
More heavy rain on Friday/Saturday night, some of storm force made play on the fourth day impossible, with captains Anthony McGrath and John Crawley both agreeing to the abandonement by 10:30am, despite the fact that the sun was shining and may have bemused the smattering of spectators who had arrived.