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Bill Marshall

Celebrating volunteers: Standing ovation for Harry Jackson at YCB Cricket Collective Awards

November 27, 2023 by Bill Marshall 2 Comments

Two lifetime achievement awards were presented at the YCB Cricket Collective Awards at Headingley on Friday night, as Bill Marshall reports. They went to Milton Samuels, of Sheffield Caribbean Cricket Club, and Ron Welford, of Westow Cricket Club, near York. However, and this is not to belittle the magnificent achievements of the two gentlemen mentioned, […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Club cricket, Yorkshire Cricket Board

Woodlands out of National Club KO but doubling down on workload

July 10, 2023 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

Bill Marshall interviews Woodlands’ opening bat Sam Frankland about the volume of cricket that success brings and how the season is going. Remember the days when overs cricket had just replaced timed cricket? Or when a top edge into the face meant a visit to the local A&E rather than a replacement helmet? Or when […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Cricket Grounds, Cricket leagues, National Club Championship, Recreational Cricket

Clifton Alliance vs Pudsey St Lawrence: Saliva on the ball and five penalty runs

May 4, 2023 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

Uumpires Carl Williams and Michael Steele conferred on the square during Pudsey St Lawrence’s innings against Clifton Alliance in their first-round ECB National Club Championship clash. Were they checking the number of overs each bowler had delivered? Had somebody said something out of turn? Were they just passing the time of day? Then Williams turned […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Club cricket, National Club Championship

Aire-Wharfe abstentions in spotlight as Pool Cricket Club protest

March 14, 2023 by Bill Marshall 2 Comments

cricket ball - club cricket

When is a majority not a majority? That was the question that exercised minds after the Aire-Wharfe League’s special general meeting last Wednesday at Otley RUFC. Pool, unhappy at their second team being relegated when they finished ninth in a 12-team division, forced the meeting at the second attempt by garnering the support of the […]

Filed Under: Aire Wharfe Cricket League, Bill Marshall, Club cricket, Cricket leagues

Weetwood to Arthington: Tribute to Tony Hutton

January 25, 2023 by Bill Marshall 2 Comments

Bill Marshall gives his tribute to Tony Hutton who was well-known and liked in Yorkshire cricketing circles. Tony wrote for Cricket Yorkshire and it was always a pleasure to discuss the grassroots game with him. *** Some would think that “cricket nut” is a derogatory term. Others may treat it as a badge of honour. […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Club cricket, Cricket Yorkshire

How on earth do leagues find more umpires for next season?

December 5, 2022 by Bill Marshall 15 Comments

cricket umpire officiates in a halifax cricket league game. View is from wicketkeeper perspective behind the stumps

NEWSPAPERS, who tend to have skeleton staffs these days due to drastically reduced income from just about all of their traditional financial streams (about the only growth area these days is from the internet), have taken to re-printing pages from days gone by. Some would say that was a benefit to older readers, despite the […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Cricket Interviews, Cricket umpiring, Halifax Cricket League, Huddersfield Cricket League, North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League

Woodlands’ Tom Clee talks teeing off and titles

September 26, 2022 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

Tom Clee (Woodlands)

Bill Marshall talks to Tom Clee, of Woodlands Cricket Club in the Bradford Premier League, about switching clubs, the Woodlands way and how his game has progressed this season. Tom Clee is used to making big decisions. For example, when the Woodlands all-rounder was an under-12 he chose to move from Northowram Fields (literally over […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket

Like father, like son: When cricket runs in the family

October 7, 2021 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

Wainwrights at Buttershaw St Pauls Cricket Club

Bill Marshall talks to Gary, Charlie and Adam Wainwright about their experiences playing opposing sides in the Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League. Local league cricket is dotted with instances of fathers opening the batting with their sons (for example I have done it with my son Daniel for Bingley Congs’ second team).  However, try this […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Cricket Interviews

Craven Cricket League: Time to shake things up?

October 5, 2021 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

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Bill Marshall talks to Craven League secretary, Peter Foster, about the challenge of losing clubs and the committee’s plans to give the league a new lease of life. Just how does a grassroots cricket league stop the haemorrhaging of clubs from within their membership?  Of course, some leagues react too late to the bleeding, while […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Club cricket, Craven Cricket League, Cricket leagues, T20

Bradford Cricket League: Floodlit charity match at Wagon Lane

September 22, 2021 by Bill Marshall Leave a Comment

Bradford Cricket League: Teams for the Jeff Slater Memorial Match at Wagon Lane

Bradford Cricket League cricketers, past and present, came together at Wagon Lane to support Dementia UK. A floodlit charity cricket match at Bradford & Bingley Cricket Club has been hailed as a success, and certainly won’t be forgotten in a hurry by the club’s scorer Judith Wragg. She was stung on the neck by a […]

Filed Under: Bill Marshall, Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, T20

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