Looking back to September 2022, Beckwithshaw faced probably their fiercest local rivals, knowing that they had to win to retain their top-flight status. Ultimately, the visitors to The Stag Den, Bilton, dominated the game, relegating Beckwithshaw’s first team to Division Two. I was sitting on the boundary rope that day, covering what had been another […]
Club cricket
Ackworth reach Vitality Club T20 Plate Final at Derby
Ackworth Cricket Club are quietly confident that they have what it takes to lift the Vitality Club T20 Plate after reaching the final of the national knockout competition, inked in for Sunday 22 September. I caught up with Jono Gillespie to discuss how the push for national club honours has materialised. Shifting priorities I’m curious […]
Three becomes one: Yorkshire Premier League North merger
Years ago, I made one of my crystal ball-gazing predictions that the landscape in Yorkshire club cricket would see much bigger leagues but less of them. A decade on and that seems to have chimed true with the likes of the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League and Yorkshire Premier League North now gigantic – and […]
Ravenscar XI vs Scarborough Beckett League Women’s XI
Jon Stokoe shares news of a new women’s changing room at Ravenscar Cricket Club with an unveiling that included a cricket match on the North Yorkshire coast. Ravenscar Cricket Club held a special game on Saturday 7 September. It was to celebrate the opening of a newly built women’s changing room. The game was a […]
Win £500: Howden Grassroots Heroes competition
Calling all cricket clubs, their members and supporters… our insurance partner Howden has brought back its Grassroots Heroes competition. Give a big shoutout to that exceptional club volunteer who has gone above and beyond for your club. By nominating them, you’re giving your sports club a chance to win one of THREE incredible prizes. 🏏 […]
Darley beat the rain and claim the points over Birstwith
The weekend’s weather forecast was poor, with Saturday’s oulook slightly better than Sunday. In the end, Sunday was a complete washout with persistent rain falling most of the daylight hours. Looking out of the window on Saturday morning, it was murky and damp. Autumn had arrived in force, with a healthy mist blanketing a lot […]
Rules vs common sense: Leafblowers and seeing the light
If there’s one thing that club cricket excels at, it’s rules, regulations and calculations, occasionally to its detriment. This is about light, leaf blowers and common sense. Seeing the light It’s not just the recreational game that can sometimes stray into a soap opera. Anyone who watched the third Test match at The Oval where […]
Andrew’s ground-hopping: 11 cricket grounds in Yorkshire
I’ve done quite a few more cricket-watching miles – inside and outside Yorkshire – than my 2024 Miles Per Gallon reports suggest. Nice to reflect, briefly, on visits to 11 Yorkshire grounds which, for one reason or another, didn’t receive a ‘full’ write-up.’ One sultry June evening, I was very pleased finally to see cricket […]
Clayton close on Halifax League Premier Division
Having earmarked a fixture with ‘meaning’ for each team, the final Saturday of my 2024 season found me at Clayton Cricket Club, west of – and high above – central Bradford. Clayton were hosting Halifax League rivals Upper Hopton; a crunch instalment – “huge”, according to Clayton’s social media – in the Division One (i.e. […]
Blubberhouses rain boundaries on scenic Birstwith
It’s becoming tough to select games to cover at the weekends – this isn’t down to a lack of fixtures available to choose from, but more to do with trying to select games with teams that I haven’t covered in at least the past couple of seasons. Looking through the fixture list on Play Cricket, […]