My final game of the outdoor club cricket season in Yorkshire snuck up, as they always do. The 15th season of running this website felt as if it deserved a flourish. There was a double-header at Headingley across Saturday & Sunday – but I sought something more local and more nourishing. Thanks to a post […]
Cricket Grounds
Todmorden to Harrogate: Bespoke Scoreboards in 2026
Cricket scoreboards for clubs and schools are that integral necessity, especially as numbers of teams expand with multiple grounds in use. Both utilitarian and a memorable feature in many cases, the scores on the lit digits always tell an important story. In this feature with Bespoke Scoreboards, we’ll dive into the clubs, projects and products […]
Neale spell sets up four-run win for Colton over Menston
Colton’s ground features a large, gently sloping oval tucked into a residential corner of east Leeds, screened from most of the city noise despite there being shops and busy roads nearby. The clubhouse is compact, practical and features a well-stocked bar, with seats arranged in front, while the bowls green, junior football pitch and old […]
Upper Wharfedale postcard: The hash, Stripey Badger and sixes
Saturday took us to the Yorkshire Dales village of Grassington for a bite to eat and the Theakston Nidderdale Cricket League. Upper Wharfedale, league leaders in Division 1, were at home against Ben Rhydding. First, a very important pit stop at Cobblestones Café, where their breakfast hash of potato, sausages and fried bacon was beautifully […]
North Halifax clinch Prem 2 title in last-ball thriller
Four teams, three matches and a cup ultimately decided by just one run on the last ball. The West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League’s Premier 2 Finals Day from Low Moor Holy Trinity delivered plenty of drama. As Mark Doherty reports, it was the kind of showpiece that makes cricket the game we all […]
Pateley Bridge dig in but Whixley defeat the Badgers
The trip to Pateley Bridge takes you into the heart of Nidderdale, the roads threading between rolling hills before the steep drop from Coldstone Cuts towards the cricket ground that is hidden away in what is the showground. I arrived just before one o’clock in beautiful sunshine, with barely a cloud overhead. and the smallest […]
Kirkby century gets South Kilvington past Sessay Raskelf
Another Saturday dawned and I had my sights set on a ground I have never been to. I had covered the club on their travels, as they visited clubs in and around Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon. South Kilvington is one of the very few clubs in the Theakston Nidderdale League that I haven’t visited over […]
Playing at altitude: Yorkshire’s highest cricket grounds
The idea for this highest cricket grounds in Yorkshire feature came after I did one on the smallest grounds that got quite a bit of attention and discussion. Before researching to come up with a shortlist, I set some criteria to judge by. You’d think that was simple enough but there are a surprising number […]
Tiny but mighty: Yorkshire’s smallest cricket grounds
I’ve been thinking about small cricket grounds in Yorkshire of late. Back in June, the plan had been to go and watch Mirfield Parish Cavaliers in the ECB Premiership of the Huddersfield Premier Cricket League. Their opponents were league leaders Hoylandswaine and both clubs play on postage stamps although Swaine’s HQ is a windswept home […]
Outdoor cricket nets & Match Pitch at Eggborough
This is the story of a one-team cricket club in Yorkshire and a ground relocation that sets them up for years to come. For this content collaboration with total-play, I went along to Eggborough Power Station Cricket Club to see their two-lane outdoor cricket nets and non-turf pitch. Years ago, I’d watched an evening league […]