On assignment for The Cricket Paper, this year’s Heavy Woollen Cup Final was a welcome return to Bradford Premier League leaders and 2017 hosts, Hanging Heaton. A trip back in April had involved ketchup-slathered chips, a talk to Townville’s West Indian overseas player Shkym Haynes and an appreciation for Hanging Heaton’s early league credentials. This […]
Club cricket
Crunch time for Yorkshire Academy as title race hots up
As one of an elite group of scorers in Yorkshire with a Level 3 qualification this season, Andrew Hinchliffe has found himself in the scorebox for Yorkshire Academy in the ECB Yorkshire Premier League North and as well placed as any to offer a perspective on their progress. Yorkshire Academy continues to be a fertile […]
Meet Scott: back on the cricket field after his second kidney transplant
There are extraordinary cricket matches in Yorkshire every week if you know where to look. None more so than Great Britain Transplant Cricket Club (GBTCC) against Lucky Stars Australia Transplant Cricket Club that took place over two days at Sandal CC back in July. That’s right. There’s a UK representative side for cricketers who have […]
Settle Cricket Club: game on in the Yorkshire Dales
Among the many definitions, the word ‘settle’ is to resolve something, come to rest or make a home and having now visited Settle Cricket Club, all three seem as if they fit snugly in this North Yorkshire town. It’s not a quick journey from Cricket Yorkshire HQ and we travelled in hope rather than expectation; […]
Haworth West End: No cricket club but a thriving ground
Around half an hour to the west of Bradford lies the Worth Valley village of Haworth, a vibrant West Yorkshire hotspot. Tourists exercise their legs and make the steep climb up to Haworth, whether for steampunk or 1940s weekends, the famous heritage railway or Bronte connections. However, at the very top, hidden away on Penistone […]
Brook-Walton’s adventure ends after four years
Brook-Walton Cricket Club, who were formed in 2013 as an entirely new cricket club, are reluctantly calling it a day at the end of this season because of a lack of players. It was the vision of ex-Streethouse and Wrenthorpe cricketer Richard Vigars to start something from scratch and their first competitive fixture was away […]
Triangle Cricket Club: Small but perfectly formed
The allure of Triangle Cricket Club can be reached by winding your way down a hill that puts you the summit of a rollercoaster; before plunging over, down, left and right through the village to the aptly named Grassy Bottom. Parking requires creative thinking and as we did a seven-point turn, glimpses of the cricket […]
Who are the leading teams and performers across Yorkshire’s ECB Premier Leagues?
Welcome to Cricket Yorkshire’s roundup of action across all four ECB Premier League across Yorkshire. As we head into July, there’s been enough cricket to see to ascertain who’s setting the pace, who’s struggling in the relegation spots and who is excelling with bat and ball? Bradford Premier League Last Saturday, there was a titanic […]
Records tumble at Pudsey St Lawrence but was it right?
Pudsey St Lawrence’s record-breaking 2nd XI Priestley Shield home tie with Brighouse will go down in history for any number of reasons. The Toft Road crowd saw their team go from 66-2 to 525-3 as Jack Allman hit 258 off 141 balls and Harry Cullingford was unbeaten on 206 before a curious declaration three balls […]
Leeds Bradford MCCU miss finals but should remain first-class
Leeds Bradford MCCU find themselves kicking their heels at the conclusion of their university summer having failed to qualify for any finals this year. Finishing fifth in the 50-over BUCS Premier A, fourth in the two-day MCCU Championship and not reaching the T20 Finals Day represents a disappointing return after several bumper years. It’s the […]