On Sunday, 3 August 2025, Sessay CC Emeralds 1st XI travelled to Denby CC to face Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC Ladies 1st XI in the ECB Women’s Club Cup T20 semi-final. Report and match photos by Mark Doherty. There was so much happening on Sunday; one of those days when, as a cricket lover, […]
Flames, trains and cow-whispering at Newton-le-Willows
Reading the stories written by John and Andrew in the past week, it appears last weekend was a nightmare of plans made and then broken due to the band of bad weather that swept the UK and Ireland from the south up to the north. As the week went on, the weather improved and although […]
Rain halts weekend games before Monday cup final drama
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 […]