Yorkshire cricket society launches appeal over £14,000 missing funds

Organisers at Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society said they desperately wanted to hear from anyone who may be able to shed light on where £14,119 of its money has ended up.

The funds were found to be missing in 2007 shortly after the death of treasurer David Musgrave and the society has been trying to recover them ever since, with committee members having to fund its operations out of their own pockets.

Following an crisis meeting of members in Barnsley this week, the society appealed for anyone with knowledge of the funds’s whereabouts to get in touch urgently.

Chairman James Greenfield said: “If anyone out there has the slightest idea where such monies might be held, then please come forward.”

Wombwell Cricket Lovers’ Society celebrates its diamond anniversary this year. Prior to the black hole opening up in its finances, it routinely ran coaching and away days for young cricketers in South Yorkshire and attracted top guest speakers to its functions.

All of these activities have had to be scaled back in light of the financial situation.