With Lord Farthingdale's Military record once again in tatters he decided that a friendly challenge to the Prison for a game of cricket would resolve all of the problems he has been having in Durham. Some trouble was of course expected, but given that this was, after all, cricket the Earl brought along none of his usual platoon supports.
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| Mad Frankie |
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| His Lordship |
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| The other factions |
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| Prisoners deploy behind the cricket pavilion |
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| The Waldridge 1st Eleven deploy with the Earl. Obviously marching to the cricket ground... |
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| A firefight across the railway embankment drags on for the whole game. |
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| Frankie rolls one point off a Farthingdale's Folly. Perhaps his lordship is not the only one with cursed dice... |
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| The firefight across the embankment dribbles on and on... |
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| The prisoners filter down the cricket ground boundary hedge |
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| Whilst the Earl forms a double line to repel the "Fuzzy Wuzzies" |
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| Mr Meakie urinates against the cricket club pavilion door. Perhaps he was barred from membership? |
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| Bowled him! Baked beans tin bombs... |
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The prisoners fire at the newly arrived hunt, killing the Huntmaster outright. Situations Vacant?
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The Hunt charge down the lane seeking revenge, and kill many of the prisoners, but are themselves wiped out.
Lord Farthingdale withdraws from the fight, swearing to bring his armoured car next time...
The first recorded match on the Green Lane cricket ground in Durham City was in 1866, when Durham City played the Northumberland Club.
Durham County side first played at the ground in the 1899 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. By 1938 the ground had, to be quite honest, seen better days, and club rather than county cricket was played.
The modern County Cricket ground is of course at the Riverside at Chester Le Street, and the current Lord Farthingdale can watch from the windows of Lumley Castle.
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Frankie is black?! Actually, that explains a lot.....
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