Bill Marshall asks: can a cricket club survive these days merely by being a cricket club? Probably not, which is why Craven Cricket League club Hepworth & Idle have started and are continuing to spread their wings in different directions. They realise that to stand still is to go backwards and want to become an […]
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Quickscore: A cricket scoreboard with a difference
What do you use a cricket scoreboard for? If your cricket club or school is only thinking of it in terms of wickets, runs and overs then you’re missing out. In this content partnership with Quickscore, we’ll explore the world of LED scoreboards and how they can revolutionise cricket scores but also income generation. Quickscore […]
South Yorkshire Cricket League merger moves closer
The South Yorkshire Cricket League and the Yorkshire South Premier League plan to merge for 2021. Cricket Yorkshire understands that the two South Yorkshire cricket leagues have been in dialogue and there is agreement in principal, subject to approval by the respective clubs towards the end of the year. Why would two cricket leagues in […]
Which is the oldest cricket club in Yorkshire?
Jeremy Lonsdale explores which cricket clubs can make the claim? Although not the most important concern at this difficult time, we experienced our first spring without any organised cricket for over 200 years. This thought made me wonder which local cricket clubs in Yorkshire can claim to have existed that far back. Cricket was almost […]
Sheffield Caribbean: Nurturing talent as a feeder club
Milton Samuels has lived and breathed Caribbean Cricket Club in Sheffield since joining at the age of 14. Some 50 years later, he has a few stories to tell. Back then in the 70s, Crookesmoor (as it was) played friendlies as they didn’t think they were good enough for league cricket. With no home ground […]
National Village Cup: Crunch-time for Yorkshire teams
National Village Cup duty for Yorkshire cricket teams steps up a notch now that we’ve reached the national rounds. Carlton Towers, Folkton & Flixton & Kippax all still in the mix, having battled through their respective Yorkshire rivals. Houghton Main, who were finalists in 2019, fell well short of Kippax’s 245-8 with Moosa Bhoda (73) […]
Read The Nightwatchman: Club & Roses Cricket
What does the Nightwatchman conjure up for you? Is it the past phenomenon of England’s least capable batsmen shuffling out to face hostile fast bowling in the gathering gloom? Well, for seven years and over 1.5m words, Wisden has been publishing a quite brilliant quarterly collection of essays, called The Nightwatchman, on every corner of […]
York Senior League: Why Pocklington turned down cricket
The decision by Pocklington Cricket Club not to play any league cricket in 2020 (due to Covid-19) can’t have been easy. When I heard, I thought they’d be a very rare exception but the reality is that clubs have opted not to participate in leagues across Yorkshire, due to worries over Covid-19. It’s important to […]
Exploring club cricket grounds: Hopping mad
Andrew Gallon reflects on his journeys across Yorkshire club cricket as an avid ‘groundhopper.’ From the best views, finest cricket teas and strangest geography, dozens of clubs feature in his round-up: The arcane practice of groundhopping – watching matches at as many different grounds as possible – is fairly well known in football. There are […]
Aire-Wharfe Cricket: Harden vs Otley
As I walked through the St Ives Estate on this latest Aire-Wharfe cricket pilgrimage, an LBW shout echoed through the trees. It was otherwise eerily quiet for a dry but chilly Yorkshire Day. At Harden Cricket Club, play was underway in this Aire-Wharfe Cricket League Division 4 encounter. After a dousing of hand sanitiser at […]