Have you heard the one about the bunch of overweight, badly-shaped 40+ year olds trying to play cricket 10 years after retirement? No? Allow me to introduce you to The Travelling Exiles. We’re a squad of 30 or so former cricketers in the Hull area who have launched a T20 side for 2019 to raise […]
What does it cost clubs to play cricket?
Martin Wildsmith of Tong Park Esholt Cricket Club looks at the costs to cricket clubs to run the game and the challenges that come with that.
Post-first world war: Getting club cricket back on its feet
Author Jeremy Lonsdale examines how Yorkshire cricket clubs faced the challenges of starting again in April 1919, after the First World War. *** Exactly 100 years ago this month, the first cricket season after the First World War got under way as all over Yorkshire local clubs again took to the field. After the […]
Are cup competitions losing their shine?
After getting on for nearly ten years running cricketyorkshire.com, I’d like to think I can spot a trend or two in Yorkshire cricket. One such evolution that seems to stretch across many clubs and leagues involves the glory of the cup and in some quarters, its diminishing appeal. Some leagues force their clubs to enter […]
Hallam Cricket Club aim for national indoor cricket title
For those of you who refuse to fathom the concept of not playing cricket for six long, tortuous months, there’s always indoor cricket – and for one club in South Yorkshire, they’ve developed quite a knack for it. Hallam Cricket Club is a success story on many levels with a history that can be traced […]
Fryup, anyone? Still off the beaten track
Cricket Yorkshire continues to welcome a raft of new writers (see Write for Cricket Yorkshire, if you’re interested) and Tony Hutton is the latest contributor with his incredible knowledge of Yorkshire club cricket. I’ve been fortunate to know Tony for quite a few years and we bump into each other everywhere from a windswept Weetwood […]
IOG issues rallying cry to groundsmen
No-one involved in club cricket will be particularly surprised that the evolution of volunteers in key roles is an ongoing concern. Struggles to recruit enough umpires and shortages of scorers is as old as the hills. Is it as bad as it ever was? I’ll leave that to you to ponder but the relatively small […]
Adam’s Story: From Pudsey St Lawrence to cricket in Shanghai
Sometimes at Cricket Yorkshire HQ, an article drops into your lap that is hard to ignore. It was a Sunday evening and the last train back to Skipton from Leeds was dragging on. You know how it is when you just want to snap your fingers and be at home An intriguing email pinged across […]
Sachin Tendulkar as life’s barometer
As part of Cricket Yorkshire’s #6notout birthday celebrations, we are publishing a selection of articles from past years that audiences won’t have read on this current website. To begin with, Graham Shorter on how the sensational career of Yorkshire’s first-ever overseas player and cricketing messiah captures the events of the lives of a generation. ***
Inspired fundraising from beer festivals to Twitter auctions
Kevin Owens takes a look at some of more innovative approaches to fundraising currently on the go by clubs in the Aire Wharfe League to highlight what can be done with a little bit of imagination… There are many aspects to life with a cricket club that remain constant across the decades from sourcing players […]