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 […]
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Bradford Cricket League: Floodlit charity 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 […]
Jer Lane cap incredible season with four trophies
Bill Marshall talks to man-of-the-match, Cosmond Walters, about Jer Lane Cricket Club’s trophy extravagazna in the Bradford Premier League. Champagne was dripping from Cosmond Walters’ goatee beard and, understandably, he was still on a high. He had just scored 101 to win the man-of-the-match trophy in the Jack Hampshire Cup final, edging out Jer Lane […]
Yorkshire Premier Leagues Roundup: Who will be crowned Champion Club?
We now know the four champions of Premier League cricket leagues in Yorkshire after a final weekend of drama. Bradford Premier League Woodlands 356 ptsTownville 345 ptsNew Farnley 307 pts Woodlands claimed the Bradford Premier League with 112 from Brad Schmulian in their away win at New Farnley. The New Zealander had meant to fly […]
Raqeeb Younis: A testing summer for Jer Lane captain
Bill Marshall talks to captain Raqeeb Younis about battling back from Covid and the push for trophies at Jer Lane Cricket Club in the Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League. Raqeeb Younis is just grateful to be walking this earth, let alone playing cricket. The Jer Lane captain may have been thinking cricket, cricket, cricket at […]
Jane Pratt and Jo Ibbotson to umpire Crowther Cup Final
It is rare to see a female cricket umpire in men’s cricket so when I heard that Jane Pratt and Jo Ibbotson were to umpire the Crowther Cup Final, it was a chance to talk to them both about their journey with officiating. Jane spoke to me for the Cricket Yorkshire Podcast (see interview below […]
Bankfoot and Burythorpe illustrate the breadth and bounty in Yorkshire
Andrew Gallon watches cricket at Burythorpe and Bankfoot; two clubs reflecting the diversity across Yorkshire. B is for… Well, in terms of my recent cricketing travels, Burythorpe and Bankfoot. Two very different cricket clubs in hugely contrasting settings. Burythorpe Cricket Club haven’t, I learned, played weekend cricket for a couple of decades. Their village sports […]
Jack Dyson: Meet New Farnley’s teen spin prospect
Bill Marshall talks to New Farnley’s 17-year-old off-spinner Jack Dyson about his remarkable start to life in the Bradford Premier League. Few players can have made the transition from Premier League second-team cricket to the first XI look so easy as teenager Jack Dyson. The 17-year-old New Farnley off-spinner has also created something of a […]
Bradford Premier League Interview: Woodlands’ Brad Schmulian
Bill Marshall talks to Woodlands Cricket Club’s overseas signing, Brad Schmulian, about the Bradford Premier League and his first-class career for Central Stags in New Zealand. Bradford Premier League cricketer Brad Schmulian’s career has been a series of peaks and troughs. The 30-year-old, who is the overseas player for Woodlands, had a meteoric first-class debut […]
James Smith: My playing career at Pudsey St Lawrence
Bill Marshall talks to James Smith, of Pudsey St Lawrence in the Bradford Premier League, about his playing career in James’ final season. It is said that when Derbyshire needed another fast or fast-medium bowler in the 20th Century, they just hollered down a mine shaft. Not all of these were miners, however, but the […]