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Massively when I first went down as a kid in the late 80s they played 72 days of first class cricket along with 3 other competitions they currently play 56 and reckon they play too much. Also worth pointing out sides have much bigger squads these days remember 49 year old coach Ken Higgs having to play because we had about 2 injuries same with Agnew coming out of retirement in 92 for the same reason. Nowadays we have about 4 or 5 bowlers on the sidelines for every single game who can play if players need a rest plus the loan market is always available

Agreed although we are one of the clubs pushing for a fixture reduction and the club want 10 fc matches a season not 12 which is being suggested

Tony Knowles vGerard Green live on youtube now if anyone wants to watch

Yes you are correct same with darts anyone can enter regardless of ability if they stump up the entry fee

Amazed to say Toñy Knowles won a match at Q School last night beating Danny Brindle 4_1.Hard to believe you can win a match by that scoreline when you only have one break over 20 in the whole match . Nervy last frame Tony potted Yellow and Green to lead by 23 with 22 remaining missed a simple brown which Brindle potted along with the Blue then got the snooker but after a 10 Minuite stalemate Knowles potted the pink to complete a famous Victory

Doubt it will prove costly but a shocking drop by Cox

Never heard Exeter being called a well supported football club before

In some ways I think the T20 crowds are more dissapointing then the championship.Not that expensive Friday night games and crowds around 2k surprised we don't get more football fans attending

Quite common for spinners to play at that age in the 70s and 80s Jack Simmons Eddie Hemmings Norman Gifford etc think Ray Illingworth played at 51

They are selling them it was always going to happen

Ours were higher then Derby in 2023 but while they stayed around the 8k mark we fell off a cliff and went from the 9k mark to 5K. Thankfully Sean Jarvis addressed this matter and made the very wise decision to win back the missing fans by almost doubling the price of membership

Don't know but I doubt it. On a different note good to see Alex Green selected in the first class Counties 11 to face Zimbabwe on Thursday

If that posts aimed at me Tommy I've changed my mind now I'm no longer a member. They can give away as many free tickets as they like a few in my direction would be very nice

Wisden have released the total attendances that attended County cricket last year we were the 2nd lowest with 5037 down from 9607 in 2023 so works out less then 250 a day over 28 days. Northants the lowest with just 4470 Derby 8946 Notts managed a respectable 28280 Surrey the highest with 65280.Suspect those numbers will be even lower this year with the huge price increase in membership

Agree broke my heart seeing Norman Leet playing for the Viking Tun should of had another 10 years in a city shirt

Maybe but I will be big enough to admit I was wrong I said he wouldn't have a break of more then 20 he managed 25 mind you he came to the table 67 behind with 68 left so decides to pot a yellow after the first red

Tony Knowles playing in the world seniors tonight will be amazed if he makes a break over 20

Yes Harry's n great form atm Cox has done well but he's coming towards the end of his career hopefully he gets a chance sooner rather then later

We have an excellent number 2 in Harry Swindells

Maybe not so much v Derby but yes it's been a great start to the season

PL footballers earn more in a week then many cricketers earn in 3 years esp players at clubs like Leicester Derby Northants

First class cricket sadly carries very little interest anywhere sadly nor test cricket for the most part.Sheffield shield matches get less then County Cricket so do first class matches in India and barely anyone watches test cricket outside England India and Australia

He calls himself an Huddesfield fan from what I have read

Don't panic Roman Walker has signed a new contract

Maybe but he don't arrive until the end of May and when you consider Hanscomb leaves around the end of August they will only play together in 3 or 4 matches in the championship