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Thirsk: Watching club cricket inside a racecourse

September 2, 2022 by Andrew Gallon Leave a Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Miles Per Gallon, Yorkshire Premier League North

Ripon win Cricket Yorkshire Tea of the Year 2022

August 31, 2022 by John Fuller 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Cricket teas, 🫖 Yorkshire Tea Articles

Illingworth St Mary’s throw Halifax Cricket League title open

August 31, 2022 by Andrew Gallon 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Halifax Cricket League, Miles Per Gallon

Should First XIs be allowed to play Second XIs in club cricket?

August 31, 2022 by Bill Marshall 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Cricket leagues, Huddersfield Cricket League

SIS hybrid cricket pitch helps Sowerby Bridge Cricket Club

August 25, 2022 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

SIS Grass - Hybrid Cricket Pitch (CY)

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 […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Cricket Grounds, Halifax Cricket League, Sponsored articles

Sutton-on-Hull Cricket Club throw 150th birthday party at Netherhall

August 25, 2022 by Andrew Gallon 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Miles Per Gallon, Yorkshire Premier League North

Around the Leagues: Title, promotion or relegation?

August 23, 2022 by Andrew Gallon 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Miles Per Gallon, North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League, South Yorkshire Cricket League, Yorkshire Premier League North

Hemsworth Miners Welfare claim T20 Title at Streethouse

August 19, 2022 by Andrew Gallon 1 Comment

On three days of the recent four-day heatwave, I was lucky enough to watch cricket. Had there been any shade available to the spectating hoi polloi, at the County Ground, Derby, I might well have secured a full house. I don’t usually see so much cricket in such a short time but I’m starting to […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Miles Per Gallon, Pontefract & District Cricket League

Want to buy your own cricket ground? Well, one’s for sale in Haworth

August 9, 2022 by John Fuller 2 Comments

Do you like the idea of owning your own cricket ground? Well, now you can, if you’re quick. The former home of Haworth West End Cricket Club, high above the village of Haworth in West Yorkshire is for sale – by informal tender. The deadline for sealed bids to Dacre, Son & Hartley Keighley is […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Craven Cricket League

Waddilove Cup Final: Steeton beat holders Rawdon at Olicanian

August 9, 2022 by Andrew Gallon 1 Comment

steeton cricket club win 2022 waddilove cup (John Heald)

Early August means one thing to the club cricket enthusiast: a mega choice of cup finals. Unfortunately (and I’m sure there must be a good reason), many are staged on the same Sunday. Which poses a dilemma for the neutral. Where to go? I opted, as I have several times in recent seasons, for the […]

Filed Under: Aire Wharfe Cricket League, Club cricket, Miles Per Gallon

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