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Rejoicing at cricket in Silsden & Addingham

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An afternoon of exploring Yorkshire cricket grounds I’d never been to before began with a trip to Silsden Cricket Club who are aiming to rebuild after switching from the Aire-Wharfe Cricket League to the Craven Cricket League. We tipped up just as the home side were warming up; a prerequisite on a day where it […]

Jonathan Doidge on club cricket, Yorkshire and a dream job

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It was a crisp March morning inside the Carnegie Pavilion when BBC Radio Leeds’ cricket commentator Jonathan Doidge joined me to gaze out at the Headingley outfield and talk county cricket, the club scene and all things sport. The Doidge name will already be known to many of you across club cricket in West Yorkshire […]

Post-first world war: Getting club cricket back on its feet

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  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 […]

Around the West Yorkshire cricket leagues

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Our travelling club cricket correspondent Bill Marshall has rounded up a selection of news from a number of cricket leagues in West Yorkshire. Cricket Yorkshire will aim to feature more leagues from across the region in the next month. If you’d like to summarise what’s been going on in a particular league (or perhaps a […]

Nigel Martyn on life behind the stumps for Leeds Mods

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In the latest episode of the Cricket Yorkshire Podcast, former Leeds United and England goalkeeper Nigel Martyn is on top form talking about his switch from professional football to league cricket in North Leeds. Cricket came first for Cornishman Martyn who got stuck into league cricket with St Austell and Fowey before a blossoming football […]