Headingley Hopeful

Hope is the watery September sun,

seeping through the Headingley clouds.

Umbrellas fold

under the weight of expectation.

The covers come off. The umpires stroll

                     to the middle.

A small round of applause

from the webbed glove crowd.

 

B.R. 09/12/2015

 

Wilfred Rhodes, slow left arm orthodox bowler for Yorkshire and England, in a photograph taken by George Beldam in 1906.