The ECB National Club Championship has reached the national stages with the top 16 cricket clubs in the country battling it out. There are two Yorkshire clubs involved with Woodlands, of the Bradford Premier League, comfortably defeating South Northumberland to gain a home tie at Albert Terrace on Sunday 7 July. Their opponents are Ormskirk […]
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Record-breaker: Meet the Bradford League lead run-scorer of all-time
Richard Gould is now the Bradford League’s all-time top run-scorer after nudging past Richard Robinson’s tally of 17,476 runs. Batting for over 25 years of Bradford League cricket (that’s 500+ matches), Gould has played for Salts, Farsley, East Bierley, Gomersal, Keighley and now Northowram Fields. His cricket journey started as an eight-year-old at Thackley Cricket […]
Bradford Premier League: Wrenthorpe win the Battle of Adwalton
Visiting cricket grounds and sites of famous battles. Would that combo work for you? I gave it a shot last week: Saxton Cricket Club (Foss Evening League, Division Four) and the Battle of Towton (1461); Northallerton Town Cricket Club (North Yorkshire & South Durham Premier League, Collingwood Hundred, Round One) and the Battle of the […]
Bradford League: Misfits, house martins and curly fries at Wagon Lane
It’s funny how you can re-visit something familiar with fresh eyes and see it in an entirely different light. On Saturday, I opted to visit the closest club to Cricket Yorkshire HQ and headed to Wagon Lane; home to Bradford & Bingley Cricket Club. I do dip in from time to time but despite its […]
At the Crease: Latest club cricket news from around Yorkshire
Michael Ball confirms for Harmonies & Hampers When it was first announced (and perhaps even now), there was some disbelief that Michael Ball was doing a gig at Almondbury Wesleyan Cricket Club in Huddersfield. The performance on Sunday 16 June has been confirmed by the singer himself on Twitter/X and it’s expected to be a […]
At the Crease: Latest club cricket news from around Yorkshire
🇯🇪 International cricket at New Farnley It’s not often a cricket club hosts a one-day international – and in the case of New Farnley, of the Bradford Premier League, they have two in the calendar (on successive days) with Jersey playing Zimbabwe A at the Barry Jackson ground. The matches are on 1 & 2 […]
At the crease: Latest club cricket news from around Yorkshire
Woodlands off to a flier Woodlands, going for a fourth consecutive Bradford Premier League title, won at home to Farsley by eight wickets, as the season got underway. Spin dominated as Kez Ahmed (4-23) and Brad Schmulian (3-45) took centre stage before captain Tim Jackson’s unbeaten 54 and Schmulian (58 not out) claimed the win. […]
Bradford Premier League: Transfer news
A look at player moves in the Premier First XI of the Bradford Premier League, with much of the following gleaned from a characteristically comprehensive league website article penned by league life member, historian and 2023 Sir Leonard Hutton Trophy recipient Reg Nelson. Woodlands, aiming for a fifth consecutive title, have landed young wicketkeeper Alex […]
Yorkshire’s leagues postpone season start again: Time for change?
The news that the Match Play Committee of the NYSD had decided to postpone the first weekend’s fixtures (20 & 21 April 2024) had a strange finality – and symmetry – to it. Last year, the same league was fastest out of the blocks in reaching a decision early that others would follow in dribs […]
What if…Club cricket competitions we’d like to see happen
I spotted on LinkedIn that Hornchurch had won the European Cricket League to be crowned Champions of Europe. It got me thinking about other club cricket competitions that could happen with a bit of blue sky thinking. So, here are a few ideas… chip in with your own by leaving a comment at the end […]