The Cricket Yorkshire 50 is this website’s annual shortlist that gives a nod to those who contribute to recreational cricket here in Yorkshire. It is in its sixth year and is one of the most popular articles as you get to find out about other clubs, leagues, volunteers and achievements. This is the first full […]
Club cricket
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 […]
Sue Mulholland and the therapy of cricket teas
The extraordinary story of Sue Mulholland blends the human spirit with the therapeutic power of baking and cricket teas. I met Sue, who has been making the cricket teas at Darlington Cricket Club for years, back in 2016 at Headingley. She had prepared a lavish spread for the Premier League Championship Semi-Final and it was […]
Recreational cricket: What have we learnt for 2022?
Here, I reflect on the rollercoaster that was 2021 and how it changed recreational cricket in England, both for the better and the worse. So, with the exception of the odd friendly or lingering fixture, that’s it for recreational cricket (outdoors at least) for 2021. It’s been a rollercoaster and in this very article, now […]
Colson Smith: How Castleford rose to be champions
Colson Smith, Director of Cricket at Castleford CC, spoke to me for the Cricket Yorkshire Podcast ahead of the Yorkshire Premier League Final at Emerald Headingley on Saturday. We discussed the five-year plan Colson devised with David Wainwright to bounce back from relegation out of Yorkshire Premier League North – which they won in 2021. […]
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 […]