Mexborough and Swinton Times April 27, 1928

Cricket.
Outlook of the Clubs
Mexborough.
Another Amateur Team.
Bernard Senior’s Appointment.
Some Vacancies.

Mexboro’ will open their third Yorkshire Council’ season to-morrow with, to all intents and purposes, an all-amateur team. Owing to the state of the club’s finances the Management of the club have decided that no professional can be engaged—at present at any rate. The only player at present on the books who is receiving pay from the club is Bernard Senior, the young Mitchell Main player. He has been appointed assistant groundsman for the club in succession to Laurie Burkinshaw but unlike Burkinshaw he is not being paid as a player.

Mr. Edgar Machin, the cricket section secretary, was busy, at the time of writing, in negotiating for the filling up of one or two gaps in the list of players. Most of those who turned out regularly last season are available. Wilf. Broadhead and Colin Kilner have been re-appointed captain and vice-captain respectively. Ralph Burkinshaw, Ambler, Brown and Garner will play again.

A useful addition is Townsend, a Castleford teacher who has severed his connection with the Castleford club and will play with Mexborough this season. In the list announced this week the name of a wicket-keeper is absent:

Mr Machin is making arrangements to fill this important vacancy and hopes to do so in a day or two.  Several other useful players are expected to attach themselves to the club during the next week or so.

An interesting addition to- the Yorkshire council ‘programme is the arrangement of matches with South Kirkby, of whom little, has been seen in. this end of the district since the stirring old Mexborough League days. The club have again entered the Doncaster League, Mexborough’ Evening League and the ‘`Times” Cup competition.

The outlook is a very promising, one. Apart from the better known players already mentioned the club have quite a wealth of potential talent awaiting development. Competition for places in the teams promises -to be extremely keen this season and the club’s best policy will be to encourage this by giving the younger men every opportunity of making good. Apart from being one of the main duties of such clubs it is much cheaper!

Two of the club’s players have already been honoured this season by a call to the nets at Headingly. These two are Broadhead and Senior, who went up yesterday.

Both are young players who have already shown considerable promise as batsmen.