Bill Bridge: Happy to keep flag of school sport flying

From: Yorkshire Post | Date: May 12, 2008 | Copyright information

YORKSHIRE prides itself on being different to the rest of the country and rightly so, particularly in the important things like quality of life, calling a spade a shovel, hospitality and the best in food and drink, country and coast, history and tradition? you don't need telling. Oh, and sport, particularly cricket.

The latter came to mind at breakfast last week during which an article in a broadsheet London newspaper (which shall not be shamed by naming, but again you don't need tell...

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