When I moved to Yorkshire, there was a vast crater in the middle of Bradford. It was meant to be the site of a new shopping centre but, for a decade, became a symbol of broken promises, false dawns and Bradford feeling left behind again. Perhaps unfairly, it came to mind as I planned this […]
Club Cricket
Sixes under the stars: Tape ball cricket in Keighley
It’s rare to head out to watch a cricket tournament at 6pm and this evening was particularly special; a chance to watch the only day/night tape ball competition in Yorkshire for the first time. Tape ball cricket is something I’ve wanted to watch for years and for one reason or another, it hasn’t quite happened. […]
Webinar: 8 Ways to Increase Income for your Cricket Club
This club cricket webinar has now ended… However, there is also online training available via my shop covering: Membership Events & Fundraising Sponsorship Grants & Funding To keep up to date with future webinars for club cricket, as well as partner offers, competitions and more, sign up for our Cricket Yorkshire newsletter. Thanks – and […]
York Senior League Cricket: Home victory for Beverley Town
Andrew Gallon journeys to Norwood where Beverley Town 1st XI play Folkton & Flixton in their last home match of the York & District Senior Cricket League. Summer – blue sky, warm sunshine (remember them?) – made a welcome return for my penultimate cricket outing of the 2021 season. I headed southeast, down the A1079, […]
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 […]
Titles, promotion and relegation in Yorkshire’s cricket leagues
Andrew Gallon shares the ups and downs across a selection of cricket leagues in Yorkshire. Championship, promotion and relegation issues are about to reach their thrilling conclusion in Yorkshire’s four ECB Premier Divisions and the county’s other cricket leagues. Owing to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in some clubs having played fewer […]
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 […]
Foss Evening Cricket League: Rufforth host Londesborough Park
Andrew Gallon takes in a Foss Evening Cricket League match at Rufforth where Londesborough Park were the visitors. Unusually, I’ve left it very late – the third week of July – in the midweek season to catch a game in the Foss Evening Cricket League. This is partly because of being diverted by other evening […]
Scarborough Cricket Club: Book Reviews (2021)
You can never tell what the reaction to a cricket book might be, even one that cherishes the much loved annual migration that is the Scarborough Cricket Festival. Thankfully, the reviews so far for Last of the Summer Wickets have been both kind and positive. The book has been out since June and I thought […]
How Chance to Shine Street launched a new cricket club in Sheffield
Shahid Ali’s journey into cricket coaching in Sheffield only began because a friend suffered a heart attack and he offered to help with Chance to Shine Street sessions. He might not have known it then, but it was the start of something incredible. Chance to Shine Street is a fast, frenetic format: free cricket sessions […]