My Views

From Yorkshire Post, January 24th, 2022
Written by John Grogan

I WAS disappointed to see the former chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Robin Smith, attacking Lord Patel’s plans for reform (The Yorkshire Post, January 15).

Mr Smith and Mr Graves did a great deal for Yorkshire in their terms of office, particularly in terms of ground development, but a new approach is now surely needed if the club is to thrive and indeed survive.

From Yorkshire Bylines, January 21, 2022
Written by John Grogan

'The first time I went to a cricket match at Headingley, in the summer of 1970, English cricket was emerging from a controversy about racism every bit as damaging as that which would engulf the sport over 50 years later. The occasion was a test match between England and a Rest of the World (RoW) team.