Harrogate CC Women welcomed St. Chad’s Broomfield CC, while Kirk Hammerton faced Spofforth CC in a rain-affected weekend of Yorkshire cricket, covered by Mark Doherty. High risk of pluvial One of the things that you’ll have probably noticed when reading the musings of John, Andrew or myself…is the fact that we all seem to spend […]
Thorner Mexborough beat the heat at Green Hammerton
Green Hammerton Cricket Club hosted Thorner Mexborough CC in a Yorkshire Premier League North – Division Three Ebor match, watched by Mark Doherty. Looking Back Providing coverage of the various leagues around Yorkshire is a constant process of juggling requests to visit grounds with even coverage of the various leagues and cup competitions, and trying […]
Harrogate Women 1st XI impress against Menston before the rain
Harrogate Cricket Club’s St George’s Road HQ was the venue for this West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League Division One match against Menston. Mark Doherty reports on an impressive display with the ball from the hosts’ Women’s 1st XI before the rain came. The Weather Gods Zeus was supposed to be in a bad […]
Driffield Town lead YPLN Women’s Premier League
Clifton Park hosted Clifton Alliance CC Women v Driffield Town Women in a Yorkshire Premier League North clash on Sunday 29 June 2025, with the sound of County Championship action between Yorkshire and Essex just over the fence – the perfect backdrop for another cricketing tale from Mark Doherty. 🍻 Beer, sun and a bumper […]
Knaresborough Forest Willows host TABS in Leeds East Div 1
Knaresborough Forest CC was the setting for Mark Doherty as the Willows hosted Thorp Arch and Boston Spa Women in a West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League’s Leeds East Division One game that promised drama before the rain had its say. In the early hours of Tuesday 1 April, a few neighbours were woken […]
Ingrow Cricket Club: Hundreds and a hat-trick ball in the clouds
Ingrow Cricket Club was the venue for Mark Doherty where their 2nd XI hosted Haworth CC 2nd XI in this Craven and District League Division Four fixture. The Journey Another visit to a Craven and District League club was in the offing and as I looked at the fixtures taking place on Saturday, there seemed […]
Softball Cricket Festival at Bilton: Joyous and competitive
The end of the week hadn’t promised too much – as the weather looked decidedly dodgy. Those wonderful people at the Met Office had predicted thunder and lightning, hail and storms, and in our small part of the world…enough rain to shake more than a few sticks at! I’d somehow managed to dodge most of […]
Little Ribston Cricket Club in the land of glaciers and Knights
Mark Doherty heads to Little Ribston Cricket Club where their 1st XI hosted Knaresborough Forest CC 3rd XI in this Theakston Nidderdale League Division Seven fixture. It’s a Bit Chilly – Not! If I had found myself standing where I was at 1pm on Saturday 31st May…maybe 20,000 years ago…Little Ribston’s ground would potentially have been […]
Lofthouse and Middlesmoor: Sawdust and scenic Nidderdale
As Douglas Adams wrote in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy… “Stress and nervous tension are now serious social problems in all parts of the galaxy, and it is in order that this situation should not be in any way exacerbated, that the following facts now be revealed in advance.” It did in fact rain […]
Life lessons at Airedale as Denholme triumph
Mark Doherty heads to Airedale Cricket Club where their 2nd XI hosted Denholme CC 2nd XI in this Craven and District Cricket League Division Four fixture. Argricultural at Otley I wasn’t sure if it would be a portent for my day as I filtered into the traffic that surrounded the Otley Show midmorning. I hadn’t […]