We’ll dive into Are Yorkshire teams as good in national competitions as we used to be? It feels like a brave thing to ask in the first place, this being Yorkshire and the success that we have at club level across teams and competitions. There is always context too in that regions and counties go […]
National Village Cup
Patrington: Record-breaking run in the Village Cup
Patrington Cricket Club’s captain Ashley McKinley shares his thoughts about entering unchartered territory as his team progress in the National Village Cup. With a bit of time to reflect after the latest win over Woodhouse Grange, what were his thoughts on defeating one of the clubs tipped to go far in the competition? “It was […]
National Village Cup: Woodhouse Grange, Patrington & Ackworth still in
The largest knockout cricket competition in the UK has reached the National Rounds. The Voneus Village Cup, organised by The Cricketer, has witnessed 35 villages lift the trophy since 1972 – will a Yorkshire side do it in 2023? There’s still some way to go. The NVC final is played each September at Lord’s and […]
Thornton Watlass: Village cricket, with quirks included
This article on Thornton Watlass Cricket Club was originally published in 2021 and is well worth a read, whenever you find it. *** As Andrew Gallon reports, Staithes set up a Voneus National Village Cup second round home tie, on May 9, against Scarborough Beckett League rivals Heslerton by winning at Thornton Watlass with 17 balls […]
Ackworth represent Yorkshire in National Village Cup
Ackworth Cricket Club fly the flag for Yorkshire in the last 16 of the Voneus National Village Cup, the September 18 final which will be played at Lord’s. New to the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League for the 2022 season, Ackworth travel on Sunday (July 3) to Rainford, a club from a community five miles […]
Eleven To Watch: Early-Season in Yorkshire [2022]
Andrew Gallon picks his must-watch club cricket matches across Yorkshire in April & May. *** Throughout an unexpectedly sunny, mild March, my anticipation grew, day by day, as the 2022 club cricket season loomed closer. I’ll gloss over the recent snow! It seems Saturday, April 16 is the earliest date to take in a competitive […]
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. […]
National Village Cup: Yorkshire teams aim for Lord’s
The National Village Cup is back for 2021 and nearly 350 clubs have entered the 50th edition of this famous tournament. This year, the headline sponsor is Voneus who do rural broadband (an excellent fit with a village cricket competition if ever there was one). As you’d expect, there is plenty of Yorkshire pedigree. Past […]
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) […]
National Village Cup: Houghton Main rebuild
Houghton Main, who play in the South Yorkshire Cricket League, are back at indoor nets and already hoping for another sensational National Village Cup run in 2020. The South Yorkshire outfit came through eight rounds in 2019 beating the likes of reigning champions Folkton and Flixton as well as Worcestershire’s Astwood Bank, en route to […]