Andrew Gallon shares the ups and downs across a selection of cricket leagues in Yorkshire. Championship, promotion and relegation issues are about to reach their thrilling conclusion in Yorkshire’s four ECB Premier Divisions and the county’s other cricket leagues. Owing to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic,
Andrew Gallon watches York get the better of hosts Stamford Bridge in the Yorkshire Premier Cricket League North. August is an important month in the club cricket calendar. Lots of knockout cup finals and plenty of league matches affecting championship, promotion and relegation issues. My aim, this late in the
Andrew Gallon enjoys a day out at Scholes to watch Leeds Caribbean, Scarcroft and St Chad’s Broomfield in the Leeds and Wetherby Cricket League's 100-ball competition. I’m starting to think the Hundred is stoking more debate even than Kerry Packer’s infamous cricket circus did
Andrew Gallon takes in a Foss Evening Cricket League match at Rufforth where Londesborough Park were the visitors. Unusually, I’ve left it very late - the third week of July - in the midweek season to catch a game in the Foss Evening Cricket League. This is partly because of being
Andrew Gallon watches cricket at Burythorpe and Bankfoot; two clubs reflecting the diversity across Yorkshire. B is for… Well, in terms of my recent cricketing travels, Burythorpe and Bankfoot. Two very different cricket clubs in hugely contrasting settings. Burythorpe Cricket Club haven’t, I learned, played weekend cricket for a
Andrew Gallon visits Helperby who welcomed Newburgh Park in the last round of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League’s regular season. Turn right or left off the busy, high-speed A19, anywhere between York and Thirsk, and you’ll find yourself driving through some of Yorkshire’s sleepiest countryside. On
Andrew Gallon heads to Lepton Highlanders, for this semi-final of the Huddersfield Cricket League’s T20 Shield, against Clayton West. “It was always going to be close,” remarked one of the match umpires, as he stowed broad-brimmed hat and white coat in the boot of his car. He’
At the tail-end of June, Andrew Gallon headed to Swallow Lane, home to Golcar Cricket Club, who in 2021 are celebrating their 150th anniversary. Golcar played Mirfield-based Huddersfield League Premiership rivals Moorlands. If you’re driving to Golcar Cricket Club, try to approach via Outlane and Scapegoat Hill.
Andrew Gallon savours the history and heritage at Lascelles Hall and the Huddersfield Cricket League North Light Physio T20 Shield quarter-final with Championship rivals Elland. Lascelles Hall Cricket Club have been around since 1825, making them the oldest in Kirklees. They joined the Huddersfield Cricket League in 1892 and
Andrew Gallon enjoys a warm welcome and scenic surroundings at Bolton Percy Cricket Club against Dringhouses in the York & District Senior Cricket League. Whilst driving through the fertile flatlands southwest of York, southeast of Tadcaster, I’ve passed the Bolton Percy Cricket Club ground on several occasions. It’s
Andrew Gallon watches Crossflatts get the better of Rodley at home as the Bradford Premier League newcomers impress. I - along with many others, no doubt - have been interested to see how Crossflatts Cricket Club perform during 2021, their debut season in the Bradford Premier Cricket League. The ambitious Airedale club,
Andrew Gallon savours the views at Warley for this Halifax Cricket League Premier Division match against Blackley. Having lived in Calderdale between 1973 and 1983, a period spanning the formative ages of eight and 18, I’m a bit biased about the district’s scandalously underrated scenery. It’s no
Andrew Gallon hears about junior development and facilities upgrades at Wakefield St Michaels, as Hunset Nelson visit for a T20. Last ball deciders don’t come along all that often. Well, for me they don’t. I know a bloke who, the other week, over on the Wirral, was lucky
Andrew Gallon heads to East Leeds Cricket Club who welcomed Windhill & Daisy Hill in this Jack Hampshire Cup first round tie. I’m not far off watching a game at every ground in the Bradford Premier Cricket League. It’s a brilliant competition, as most reading this will know,
Andrew Gallon travels to Whitwell-on-the-Hill Cricket Club who hosted Kirkbymoorside in the Ryedale Beckett Cricket League. The Ryedale Beckett Cricket League provides a welcome opportunity to watch cricket on a Thursday evening. With forecaster Sarah Keith-Lucas promising light cloud and sunshine (what, no rain?), I couldn’
Andrew Gallon discovers the future of Staithes Cricket Club in safer hands and an upset on the North Yorkshire coast. Judging by an astonishingly busy A64 and A169, not to mention central Pickering, half of Yorkshire was driving to the coast on the first Sunday after the COVID guidance easing.
