For this feature, I’ve talked to cricket clubs this season about switching leagues; something that happens every year. It’s a little like moving chess pieces around a board. Thinking several moves ahead, reacting to scenarios unfolding and a game of strategy behind the scenes. I remember talking to Ben Rhydding about swapping the Aire-Wharfe Cricket […]
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David Major: Photographing Yorkshire’s cricket clubs
I’ve followed David Major, a photographer who captures cricket, including here in Yorkshire, on Flickr for years. There are relatively few of us who cover the grassroots game and his photos are an important body of work. I caught up with David to learn more about his journey and to share a few images with […]
Review: Make Money For Your Cricket Club E-Course
Richard Wells is Chair of Hollinsend Methodist Cricket Club and bought Make Money for Your Cricket Club to get advice for next season and beyond on income generation. This unique online course, designed specifically for grassroots clubs, provides fresh ideas and quick wins to make more money for your cricket club, relevant for any size […]
Thirsk: Watching club cricket inside a racecourse
The sports ground ‘collector’ is always on the lookout for something different. Playing inside a racecourse circuit – as do Thirsk Cricket Club – counts as unusual. Not unique, though, in my experience. Two decades ago, I watched Racing Club Warwick in a Southern Football League match at a ground enclosed by the town’s racecourse. […]
Ripon win Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year 2022
Ripon Cricket Club have been crowned winners of the Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year for 2022, sponsored by Yorkshire Tea. Founded in 1810, the cricket club is located in the heart of Ripon with two senior teams and a reputation for stellar cricket teas. Ripon win a whopping 2,500 tea bags from our sponsor […]
Illingworth St Mary’s throw Halifax Cricket League title open
The tidy, scenic Alloe Field View ground, home since 1888 to Illingworth St Mary’s Cricket Club, was described by a first-time visitor as the “crown jewels” of the village. It is one of many stories told by Andrew Smith, 13th club president, former player and chairman, and author of a superb, 232-page club history, published […]
Should First XIs be allowed to play Second XIs in club cricket?
Bill Marshall explores the conundrum of first XIs and second XIs Watching Hoylandswaine’s second team win the Solly Sports Crowther Cup in rapid time on Sunday at Sandal, defeating Farsley seconds by seven wickets, reminded me of a long-forgotten conversation I had with Matthew Anderson. He was then captain of East Bierley’s second team, and […]
SIS hybrid cricket pitch helps Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club
Hybrid cricket pitches are still relatively new to club cricket but they’re catching on fast as word spreads. For this content collaboration with SIS Pitches, I went along to Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club to find out how they are using theirs. It was so good to return to this Halifax League ground, tucked away beyond […]
Sutton-on-Hull Cricket Club throw 150th birthday party at Netherhall
Birthday parties are fun – and the one I attended at Sutton-on-Hull Cricket Club was no exception. Sutton, founded in 1872, mark their 150th anniversary this season. A high point of the celebrations was a visit, to the Netherhall ground, in Bransholme, by an MCC XI. The sun shone all day, the cricket was very […]
Around the Leagues: Title, promotion or relegation?
It is ‘do or die’ time for those eyeing championship glory or promotion, or seeking to avoid relegation, as Yorkshire’s 2022 club cricket season enters its final weeks. We start our review with the county’s four ECB-rated Premier Leagues. With two games to play, Woodlands (343pts) are on course to retain the Bradford Premier Cricket […]