Andrew Gallon savours the views at Warley for this Halifax Cricket League Premier Division match against Blackley. Having lived in Calderdale between 1973 and 1983, a period spanning the formative ages of eight and 18, I’m a bit biased about the district’s scandalously underrated scenery. It’s no accident, however, that many cricket enthusiasts believe the […]
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Last-ball T20 drama at Wakefield St Michaels
Andrew Gallon hears about junior development and facilities upgrades at Wakefield St Michaels, as Hunset Nelson visit for a T20. Last ball deciders don’t come along all that often. Well, for me they don’t. I know a bloke who, the other week, over on the Wirral, was lucky enough to witness three in four days. […]
Jack Hampshire Cup: East Leeds vs Windhill & Daisy Hill
Andrew Gallon heads to East Leeds Cricket Club who welcomed Windhill & Daisy Hill in this Jack Hampshire Cup first round tie. I’m not far off watching a game at every ground in the Bradford Premier Cricket League. It’s a brilliant competition, as most reading this will know, although a 2016 expansion to four divisions, […]
Ryedale Beckett Cricket League: Plumbers and ducks at Whitwell
Andrew Gallon travels to Whitwell-on-the-Hill Cricket Club who hosted Kirkbymoorside in the Ryedale Beckett Cricket League. The Ryedale Beckett Cricket League provides a welcome opportunity to watch cricket on a Thursday evening. With forecaster Sarah Keith-Lucas promising light cloud and sunshine (what, no rain?), I couldn’t resist heading along the A64 to Whitwell-on-the-Hill Cricket Club. […]
Great Habton inch past Staithes in National Village Cup
Andrew Gallon discovers the future of Staithes Cricket Club in safer hands and an upset on the North Yorkshire coast. Judging by an astonishingly busy A64 and A169, not to mention central Pickering, half of Yorkshire was driving to the coast on the first Sunday after the COVID guidance easing. I headed that way, too. […]
Pilmoor Evening Cricket League: Super Over at Crayke
Andrew Gallon savours midweek cricket from the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League at Crayke with hail, Super Over drama and a 9pm finish. Let’s face it, the cricket season is too short. If, as a spectator, you’re not keen on shivering through the April and September bits, there are four full months when sitting next to […]