Brews on the Boundary: Book reviews, clubs featured and where to buy

Brews on the Boundary: Travels to Yorkshire’s cricket clubs is my new club cricket book that was published on 8 June 2026.

This is an entertaining travelogue around Yorkshire’s cricket clubs from the 2024 & 2025 seasons with my adventures, conversations and observations.

Stories include the pavilion moved across a motorway, a clubhouse bought on Ebay, a no-six rule and horses pause a league match.

It’s a fun and easy read celebrating the grounds, teams and leagues, as I meet those volunteers – from groundskeepers to those who make the teas.

Brews on the Boundary extract

👋 You can read an extract from the book below to give you a flavour of the writing, what's covered and whether you might like it:

Brews on the Boundary on Amazon

Brews on the Boundary is on Amazon as paperback, hardback and ebook formats. You can also read reviews and buy any of my other books as they’re all on there too.

Brews on the Boundary in bookshops

Brews on the Boundary is also available from these bookshops (I will add to this list if you’d like to support them with a purchase):

• The Grove Bookshop (Ilkley)
  
• Kemps on the Corner (Wetherby)
  
• Kemps Bookshop (Malton)

Cricket Grounds Visited in Brews on the Boundary

Glasshouses, Stainland, Crakehall, Bradford & Bingley, Thornton, Saltaire, North Leeds, Duncombe Park, Sutton-in-Craven, Addingham, Castleford, Pannal, Gargrave, Low Moor Holy Trinity, Wath & Melmerby, Bowling Old Lane, Muff Field, Bingley Congs, Keighley, Booth, Embsay, Lofthouse & Middlesmoor, Hanging Heaton, Mytholmroyd, Headingley.

Cricket Leagues Featured in Brews on the Boundary

Bradford Premier League, Halifax Cricket League, Nidderdale Cricket League, Aire-Wharfe Cricket League, Quaid-e-Azam Cricket League, Yorkshire Premier League North, Dales Council Cricket League, Craven Cricket League.

🏆 Cup Finals Visited:

K3 Dental Cup, Heavy Woollen Cup, Halifax League T20 Finals, Yorkshire Women’s County Softball Finals, Quaid-e-Azam League T20 and The Hundred Finals.

If you like my writing on cricketyorkshire.com and/or have read my previous books then this is an absolute must-read. (Says the author! 😁).

Get your copy of Brews on the Boundary on Amazon.

Brews on the Boundary e-book

There’s also the option of buying an e-book:

🎧 Kindle / Amazon

🍏 Apple

📚 Bookshop.org

Brews on the Boundary Media Coverage & Book Reviews

Your reviews of Brews on the Boundary are very welcome – they make a huge difference, particularly on Amazon. If you can spare the time to write one, I’d really appreciate it.

To leave an Amazon review, here’s the direct link (you need to be logged in): https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/create-review?&asin=1066604401

Here is the coverage in regional and national media:

The book has garnered quite a bit of media interest and been featured in:

• BBC Tailenders Podcast with Jimmy Anderson, Greg James and Felix White
  
• Wisden
  
• The Cricket Paper
  
• Yorkshire Post
  
• Yorkshire CCC

‘I particularly enjoyed tales of the 16-year-old boy already head groundsman at three Huddersfield League clubs (his dad said he was always keen on lawn mowers) and of Muff Field CC, who bought their clubhouse on eBay.’ – The Cricketer

‘A celebration of those hardy spectators who spend hours scanning the field, hoping to spot the next Boycott or Bradman.’ – The Yorkshire Post

England legend Jimmy Anderson spoke about my cricket book, Brews on the Boundary, on his BBC Tailenders podcast. 👇

🗣️ “Is that about having a cup of tea on the boundary or gets a bruise from the ball hitting him?!”

🫖 Greg James explains it is beverage-related and offers up: “A charming read it looks like!”

👌 He then hops onto the Cricket Yorkshire website to read more and so clubs get a shoutout… Glasshouses, Gargrave North Leeds & Muff Field.

Reader reviews of Brews on the Boundary

“John has a real gift for finding stories that might otherwise go unnoticed. He writes with warmth, curiosity, and genuine affection for the places and people he meets.

As you read, you get the feeling you’re travelling alongside him, sharing a mug of tea, watching a game unfold, and listening to conversations that are funny, touching and unmistakably Yorkshire.”

Graham H.

“Picked this up at The Grove and it’s been a delightful companion to a couple of weeks at the beach and many overs of beach cricket. Bravo!

Pete C.

“As a cricket umpire in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, I enjoyed Brews on the Boundary immensely.”

David P.

Thanks to those snapping up their copy as hardback / paperback or ebook for a treat, holiday read or as a gift for someone.

Best wishes and I look forward to hearing what you think of my latest club cricket book. Feel free to leave a comment below…

John F