Lola Summerscales is our Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Award winner for August and we caught up with the teen dynamo to discuss Lola’s many roles, particularly around launching women and girls’ cricket at Yeadon. Women and girls’ softball cricket In 2024, Yeadon entered a Women’s 1st XI softball team into the West Yorkshire Women & […]
Wakefield Thornes lift K3 Dental Cup at Castleford
The K3 Dental Cup Final promised a bundle of opportunities from Premier League cricket involving two South Yorkshire rivals to an assured host in last year’s winners, Castleford. Back on trains more often this season, I’ve had my ‘adventures’ but the Leeds to Knottingley service from platform 17b was quiet, on time and I was […]
Team selection at cricket clubs: The ultimate Rubik’s Cube
Cricket team selection has been on my radar to write about for ages. So many angles. It can be pretty controversial and I’ve worn the various hats as peripheral cricketer to captain with the nuances and pressures that come with both. If we take it as given that everyone wants to play, how do cricket […]
Oughtibridge win South Yorkshire Alliance Works Midweek League
The 2025 edition of the South Yorkshire Alliance Works Midweek League has been won by Oughtibridge after a tense final against Sheffield Collegiate. It is the third year in a row that these teams have contested the final with Oughtibridge claiming a second win, this time by 11 runs. The 20-team evening competition, across three […]
Heavy Woollen Cup Final: Shepley relish underdog tag
Shepley Cricket Club might be heading into Bank Holiday Monday’s Solly Sports Heavy Woollen Challenge Cup final as underdogs but they’re ready to scrap. Talking to 1st XI captain Danny Glover, there’s a steeliness in knowing they’ve already dumped a number of quality sides out of the competition. The Bradford Premier League’s New Farnley, one […]
Conor Harvey & Townville conquer demons to lift Priestley Cup
Townville’s all-rounder Conor Harvey is talking about freeing himself of an albatross. The weight of expectation that comes with the Bradford Premier League side’s near-misses in a variety of trophies over the last decade was shrugged off with the Priestley Cup final win over Pudsey St Lawrence. “We’ve been so close, I mean, six or […]
How New Farnley retained the Bradford Premier League
New Farnley Cricket Club 1st XI are cresting a golden wave this season. Their semi-final defeat against Pudsey St Lawrence in the Priestley Cup is the only time they have lost all season in any format. To pick apart the themes, threads and nuances, I turned to Andrew Lawson, the club’s coach (below, right), for […]
Cricket club insurance: How to get the best cover
Cricket club insurance For a number of years now, Cricket Yorkshire has partnered with Howden to provide advice and support on club cricket insurance. Insurance is not a seasonal thing when you are involved with running a cricket club. There are responsibilities, risks and quite a bit of scenario planning to have comprehensive cover. That […]
Village Cricket Co: A quality cricket bat for £117 in 2025
Village Cricket Co are on a mission to make cricket bats more affordable. Their popular Kashmir willow cricket bats and cricket equipment have proved a hit here in the UK in the last few years since they launched. 🙏 Note from John: If you click through links on this page and buy from Village Cricket […]
Leaders Embsay blown off course against Bolton Abbey
Embsay Cricket Club passed the ultimate test with flying colours. Sometimes I tell a club I’m coming and sometimes, I’m a tad disorganised, decide on the day or change my mind and we just hit the road. From the moment we parked up outside the gates, the Embsay flag not so much fluttering as writhing […]