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Cricket Interviews

Bradford Park Avenue Ladies aim for league hat-trick

May 6, 2025 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

Bradford Park Avenue Ladies (BPAL) 1st XI captain Kirsty Gavillet is on her lunch break and sharing the club’s successes and future plans with me. Their ascent to unbeaten Division 1 champions in the West Yorkshire Women & Girls Cricket League can make you forget that the club only formed in 2019. Since finishing fourth […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Cricket Interviews, West Yorkshire Women and Girls Cricket League, Women and girls cricket

Moorlands go for third Huddersfield Premiership title in a row

April 22, 2025 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

Moorlands Cricket Club first-team captain Eddie Walmsley talks about the possibility of their third league title in a row, pre-season squad news and a sparkling debut for their overseas signing. Not that it’s a given by any means but even the chance of a hat-trick of Premiership wins in the Huddersfield Premier Cricket League is […]

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

Iggy’s Fund: Remembering a gentle giant and apple crumble

April 14, 2025 by John Fuller 1 Comment

I spotted a LinkedIn post and it gave me pause to smile, think of a friend who is no longer with us, his wonderful family and the legacy he has left behind. It also prompted fond flashbacks of apple crumble but we’ll come to that. Alan Igglesden (above right), known to everyone as Iggy, played […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Cricket Interviews, Editor's Choice, Recreational Cricket

Baildon Cricket Club on a one-club ethos and paying players

March 31, 2025 by John Fuller 2 Comments

The premise for this look at Baildon Cricket Club was their promotion to the Premier Division of the Bradford Premier League. In the world of professional football, promotion to the Premier League comes with a chance to win millions and the need to strengthen your squad accordingly. At the top level of club cricket in […]

Filed Under: Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Cricket Interviews

Softball shenanigans (and trophies) at Scholes

February 19, 2025 by Cricket Yorkshire 2 Comments

Fran Hamilton of Scholes Cricket Club, shares how women and girls’ cricket began and its subsequent successes. The Scholes women and girls cricket story started in August / September 2022, towards the end of season where the mums were having a drink and decided it would be a good idea to play hardball cricket in […]

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Anthony McGrath: Q&As, club cricket and digital scouting

February 7, 2025 by John Fuller 4 Comments

Anthony McGrath, Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s new Men’s Head Coach, is discussing the fact that he’s only just arrived but is already going on tour. It was announced in October that the former Essex Director of Cricket had signed a five-year contract with Yorkshire. His pedigree speaks for itself with the Double of the County […]

Filed Under: Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Cricket Interviews, Cricket podcast, Yorkshire CCC

Club Cricket Book: Dales, Bails and Cricket Club Tales

November 12, 2024 by John Fuller 2 Comments

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Come on a journey around Yorkshire’s club cricket grounds with my latest book, Dales, Bails and Cricket Club Tales. Available on Kindle and in paperback via Amazon, these are the dramas, landscapes and matches from the 2022 and 2023 seasons, with my travels around the region to clubs, grounds and games of all standards. The […]

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Three families (and eight players) in Low Moor Holy Trinity XI

August 2, 2024 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

Martin Jenkins of Low Moor Holy Trinity Cricket Club shares news of an unusual club record and one they’re very proud of. Sunday 28th July saw a rather unique event occur for Halifax League side, Low Moor Holy Trinity in their match away at Bradshaw Cricket Club. Low Moor, who only seven years ago had just […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Cricket Interviews, Halifax Cricket League

The joy of cricket books with The Grove Bookshop

August 1, 2024 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

Mike Sansbury is General Manager of The Grove Bookshop in Ilkley and my latest guest on the Cricket Yorkshire Podcast. Half an hour whistles by as he discusses the importance of independent bookshops, some of his favourite cricket books and playing the game over the years. If you like books, cricket, browsing bookshops, hearing about […]

Filed Under: Club cricket, Cricket Books, Cricket Interviews, Cricket podcast

Record-breaker: Meet the Bradford League lead run-scorer of all-time

June 18, 2024 by John Fuller Leave a Comment

Richard Gould is now the Bradford League’s all-time top run-scorer after nudging past Richard Robinson’s tally of 17,476 runs. Batting for over 25 years of Bradford League cricket (that’s 500+ matches), Gould has played for Salts, Farsley, East Bierley, Gomersal, Keighley and now Northowram Fields. His cricket journey started as an eight-year-old at Thackley Cricket […]

Filed Under: Bradford Cricket League, Club cricket, Cricket Interviews, Cricket podcast

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