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Bill Marshall

Celebrating volunteers: Standing ovation for Harry Jackson at YCB Cricket Collective Awards

November 27, 2023 by Bill Marshall 2 Comments

Two lifetime achievement awards were presented at the YCB Cricket Collective Awards at Headingley on Friday night, as Bill Marshall reports. They went to Milton Samuels, of Sheffield Caribbean Cricket Club, and Ron Welford, of Westow Cricket Club, near York. However, and this is not to belittle the magnificent achievements of the two gentlemen mentioned, […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Club cricket, Yorkshire Cricket Board

Woodlands out of National Club KO but doubling down on workload

July 10, 2023 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

Bill Marshall interviews Woodlands’ opening bat Sam Frankland about the volume of cricket that success brings and how the season is going. Remember the days when overs cricket had just replaced timed cricket? Or when a top edge into the face meant a visit to the local A&E rather than a replacement helmet? Or when […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Cricket Grounds, Cricket leagues, National Club Championship, Recreational Cricket

Clifton Alliance vs Pudsey St Lawrence: Saliva on the ball and five penalty runs

May 4, 2023 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

Uumpires Carl Williams and Michael Steele conferred on the square during Pudsey St Lawrence’s innings against Clifton Alliance in their first-round ECB National Club Championship clash. Were they checking the number of overs each bowler had delivered? Had somebody said something out of turn? Were they just passing the time of day? Then Williams turned […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Club cricket, National Club Championship

Which is the most iconic pavilion in Yorkshire cricket?

March 27, 2023 by Bill Marshall 1 Comment

Which is the most iconic pavilion in Yorkshire cricket? Now there’s a topic for debate, but aficionados in the Bradford Premier League would probably vote for Lightcliffe. It was therefore an emotional morning on a Saturday in March when the iconic 101-year-old red and white structure was demolished to make way for a more spacious […]

Filed Under: Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Cricket Grounds

Aire-Wharfe abstentions in spotlight as Pool Cricket Club protest

March 14, 2023 by Bill Marshall 2 Comments

cricket ball - club cricket

When is a majority not a majority? That was the question that exercised minds after the Aire-Wharfe League’s special general meeting last Wednesday at Otley RUFC. Pool, unhappy at their second team being relegated when they finished ninth in a 12-team division, forced the meeting at the second attempt by garnering the support of the […]

Filed Under: Aire Wharfe Cricket League, Bill Marshall, Club cricket, Cricket leagues

Leagues get into bother about where to place new team

February 23, 2023 by Bill Marshall 6 Comments

aire-wharfe cricket-out

ONE of the most stressful things this winter has been for leagues to decide into which divisions their new teams should be placed. The Airedale & Wharfedale League (AKA Aire-Wharfe League) and the Dales Council League have both raises the hackles of member clubs that have been relegated after finishing eighth in 12-team divisions. The […]

Filed Under: Aire Wharfe Cricket League, Club cricket, Dales Council Cricket League

When’s the best time for junior cricket? (Not Sundays any more)

February 17, 2023 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

cricket ball - club cricket

PORING over old copies of the Telegraph & Argus (Bradford’s daily paper) and the York Evening Press a few years ago made me realise how defined the football and cricket seasons used to be in the 20th Century. The football season finished in early April and the cricket season started a couple of weeks later, […]

Filed Under: Cricket leagues, Junior cricket

Weetwood to Arthington: Tribute to Tony Hutton

January 25, 2023 by Bill Marshall 2 Comments

Bill Marshall gives his tribute to Tony Hutton who was well-known and liked in Yorkshire cricketing circles. Tony wrote for Cricket Yorkshire and it was always a pleasure to discuss the grassroots game with him. *** Some would think that “cricket nut” is a derogatory term. Others may treat it as a badge of honour. […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Club cricket, Cricket Yorkshire

How on earth do leagues find more umpires for next season?

December 5, 2022 by Bill Marshall 15 Comments

cricket umpire officiates in a halifax cricket league game. View is from wicketkeeper perspective behind the stumps

NEWSPAPERS, who tend to have skeleton staffs these days due to drastically reduced income from just about all of their traditional financial streams (about the only growth area these days is from the internet), have taken to re-printing pages from days gone by. Some would say that was a benefit to older readers, despite the […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Cricket Interviews, Cricket umpiring, Halifax Cricket League, Huddersfield Cricket League, North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League

Martin McCague: Opening the bowling for Kent with Iggy

September 26, 2022 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

Alan Igglesden XI

MARTIN McCague spent eight seasons as a Kent team-mate of Alan Igglesden, who died last November aged 57 after a brain tumour. The special bond that the opening bowlers enjoyed in county cricket meant that it was an easy decision for 53-year-old McCague to head north to play in a special match at Bingley Congs […]

Filed Under: Club cricket

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