Metcalfe makes return for Yorkshire XI (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Ashley Metcalfe makes return for Yorkshire XI

4:50pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012 in Yorkshire By Bill Marshall, T&A Sports Reporter

Ashley Metcalfe, who last played a first-class game for Yorkshire in 1995, is back in a white-rose shirt on Friday.

The 48-year-old Undercliffe batsman is representing his county against the Towergate Halifax League in a Twenty20 match at Copley Cricket Club (6pm).

Also named in the line-up are current Yorkshire players Rich Pyrah, Gerard Brophy and former Copley junior Oliver Hannon-Dalby.

The contest is part of the developing relationship between national NatWest CricketForce showcase club Copley, Yorkshire, the Yorkshire Cricket Board and the ECB.

Juniors will have a chance to bowl at a Yorkshire player and win a family ticket for a Twenty20 match at Headingley.

The match is sponsored by BM Howarth Ltd Chartered Accountants and admission is £3 for adults and £1.50 for OAPS and children.

Yorkshire XI: Gavin Hamilton, Callum Geldart, Ashley Metcalfe, John Sadler, Mark Gilliver, Gerard Brophy, Gary Fellows, Rich Pyrah, James Lee, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Gurman Randhawa.

Halifax League XI: Mohammed Seraj (Copley), Jamie Summerscales (SBCI), Chris Silkstone (Triangle), Tom Greenwood (Mytholmroyd), Richard Laycock (Booth), Robert Laycock (Booth), Craig Taylor (Copley), Martin Schofield (Sowerby St Peter’s), Oliver Thorpe (Copley), Steve Shannon (Bradshaw), James Cowans (Mytholmroyd).