Yorkshire’s regional finalists of the Voneus National Village Cup are confirmed as Frickley Colliery, Addingham and Folkton & Flixton. Round 5 of the competition is on 23 June with the start of the national rounds. Frickley Colliery defeated Streethouse by 7 runs to win West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire & Humberside – Group 5. Their reward […]
Club Cricket
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 […]
Rain or Shine: Pudsey St. Lawrence Women and St. Chad’s double header
I’d put a call out on social media a couple of weeks ago to find out what women’s games were on that week, as the weather had been poor and quite a few weekend fixtures were in real doubt. About a week later, Paul Priestley popped a reply up about a double fixture between Pudsey […]
Quaid-e-Azam Cricket League: Haris Khan’s 297 for Salem Athletic
On Sunday 2 June in the Quaid-e-Azam Cricket League Premiership, there was an extraordinary club cricket match. Salem Athletic won the toss and opted to have a bat in their 40-over match against Panyam. Opener Haris Khan blasted 297 off 113 balls at the top of the order as Panyam tried seven bowlers in a […]
Evening League: Harrogate defeat Whixley at St. George’s Road
Wednesday night means Harrogate & District Amateur Evening Cricket League action. Working on a client photo and video project during the day, I had left it much too late to travel anywhere with any element of choice, so I scrolled through the Play-Cricket app to find the nearest game. Some 30 seconds of scrolling and […]
From pitch to pinnacle: Upper Hopton progress in Parish Cup
“It’s a long walk for a duck!” The words of Luddendenfoot opener Harry Denham after his first over dismissal at Upper Hopton Cricket Club’s Sutcliffe Memorial Ground. Playing in a Halifax League Parish Cup second-round tie, Denham had almost scaled the summit of a taxing, 45-step climb from pitch to clubhouse at what must be […]
Yorkshire Premier League North: Ovington triumph at Knaresborough
Sunday’s fixtures were pretty much decimated due to the torrential downpour that raced through Yorkshire overnight Saturday. Attempts to get to my first women’s cricket fixture this season were put on hold as the games at Clifton Alliance and Sessay both fell to waterlogged grounds. With the amount of standing water evident on many grounds, […]
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 […]
Trophies and transformation at Stainland
The revival of Stainland Cricket Club was on my mind as we headed into Halifax en route to the Calderdale village. The trip was partly to drop off a brand-new trophy as the club had won the world-famous Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year. Competition sponsor Yorkshire Tea had designed a new trophy and I […]
In search of cricket: Third time lucky at Glasshouses
It’s a strange state of affairs when you’re in the cricket season and it’s devilishly difficult to find any cricket. Having pored over weather apps, listened to forecasts and looked at who was playing where, the prospect of week two of league cricket looked a little brighter. After 20 April fixtures had been postponed by […]