Cork has his way (2 March 1999)
ALMOST six months of determined resistance to the demands of their captain, Dominic Cork, over authority on playing matters has ended in a complete climbdown by the Derbyshire committee
02-Mar-1999
2 March 1999
Cork has his way
Electronic Telegraph
ALMOST six months of determined resistance to the demands of
their captain, Dominic Cork, over authority on playing matters
has ended in a complete climbdown by the Derbyshire committee.
Cork yesterday signed a new four-year contract with his captaincy
guaranteed for the first two and his authority clearly
underwritten by the departure of Andy Hayhurst, the development
manager, and the exclusion from a new cricket management
structure of committee member Harold Rhodes.
Cork blamed both for making his captaincy untenable and had
threatened to resign and demand his release if they retained any
influence on first-team cricket.
Hayhurst, the former Lancashire and Somerset all-rounder who
joined Derbyshire as second-team coach two seasons ago, yesterday
left "by mutual consent" with a year of his contract unexpired.
Derbyshire will now appoint a cricket manager with Colin Wells,
their former all-rounder currently on Somerset's coaching staff,
Cork's personal recommendation for the job.
The committee still face an extraordinary general meeting next
week and yesterday's retreat cut little ice with the proposers of
a "no confidence" motion.
Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)