2. Shipton Road - York

York 320-6 Sheffield Collegiate 144
Yorkshire ECB County Premier league
Saturday 15th May 2010

Ground: Shipton Road
League: Yorkshire ECB County Premier league
Admission: Free
Programme: No
Attendance: 50
Capacity: 1100
Seated: 50 (Park benches)
Covered: None
Town/City: Clifton York
Opposition: Sheffield Collegiate
Date: 15.5.10
Club shop: No
Floodlights: No

York is a large City in the City of York. It has a population of 200,000.
The main highlight of the City is York Minster which is right in the center. It is also only 25 minutes walk from the Cricket ground which is very useful.
You are able to like round the Minster itself, the Crypt, the Treasury and the Central Tower.
You can also explore the City walls which line the City's perimeter. These date back to the Norman times.
There is also Jorvik viking museum which is definitely worth a visit, however you must be prepared for long queues as it is very popular. The Railway museum is on the West side of the City and contains some very interesting exhibits on trains old and new.
York is a centre for sport, even if its teams aren't too well known.
York City fc play in the Blue Square Premier and play their home matches at Bootham Crescent. This is a 9,000 capacity ground including about 5,000 seats.
There are also a number of sides that compete in the York football league. Some notable ones include Bishopthorpe United, Nestle Rowntrees and York Railway Institute, plus the Tadcaster Albion reserve team.
York RUFC share the facilities with York Cricket club and play in the Yorkshire division one. They have a covered standing terrace which holds about 70.
York City Knights RLFC play in the Co-Operative Championship 1 and host games at Huntingdon Stadium on the North West outskirts of the City. Thise includes about 1,500 seats and 3,000 in total covered. Heworth, York Acorn and York Lokomotive also play in the City.

York are currently the Yorkshire Premier title holders and were looking to retain it this season.
Their opponents today were Sheffield Collegiate who finished 10th out of 14 last season.
York won the toss and decided to bat first. They had an extremely successful inning with 320 runs including 43 4's and one 6.
It was then Collegiate's turn to bat and they only managed to get 144 runs with everyone out, giving York an easy win. Collegiate's batting included 26 4's.
The result meant York were top while Sheffield Collegiate sat in 8th.
Meanwhile Hull & YPI sat at the bottom with 0 points.

The ground is accessed by the A19 in the North West of the city. If you come down from the north the ground will come after about 3 minutes on your right hand side. There is parking for about 100 at the ground but that isn' too much of a worry if you look at the attendance. If you do think you will have trouble parking you can park at one the carparks in York centre and walk up. Or you can go to the park and ride and take the bus in. You enter the ground at the North East corner at the pavillion end. This consists of some hard standing, picnic tables and the benches the batting team sit on.
On the East hand side there are some park benches and the electronic scorebox. The south end consists of grass standing, as does the West end.

York matchday pictures