The spectator was an hour or so late, but that’s not normally a problem. The first hour of a league game might involve a few interesting skirmishes, maybe a sense of what the pitch and outfield are like, but nothing you can’t catch up on.
Arriving an hour after the start, you’ve got time to grab a drink, say a few hellos, find a good spec and then check the scoreboard.
The spectator squinted across the Moor Park turf at the number beneath “wickets”.
